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SUNDAY, JULY 10, 2011

As Plymouth recovers from storm, Bear Creek Village mayor reflects on his borough’s 2002 flood

Bear Creek’s day of rage By JENNIFER LEARN-ANDES jandes@timesleader.com

Bear Creek Village Mayor Walter Mitchell reflects on the intense rainstorm and subsequent flooding that struck the borough in 2002, similar to the recent disaster in Plymouth.

derstorms had hovered over Bear Creek on May 28, 2002, dumping 5 inches of rain in an hour and 12 inches throughout the day, he said. Several normally calm tributaries that feed into Bear Creek Lake became powerful torrents, carrying massive boulders, uprooting mature trees, flooding homes and yards and tearing up

Bear Creek Village Mayor Walter Mitchell’s mind flashed back almost a decade when he heard about the sudden, pounding rainstorm that flooded and tore up a swath of Plymouth last week. “It’s uncannily similar” to what he witnessed nine years ago, Mitchell said. A series of slow-moving thun- See BEAR, Page 6A

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3,000 for Jeter

AUREL RUN – They just don’t make ‘em like this anymore. The Giants Despair Hillclimb, one of the oldest events of its kind anywhere in the world, started its engines for the 105th annual race weekend Saturday morning. “It’s low-buck racing,” said Kevin Bednarsky, of Kingston Township, who said he’s attended every Hillclimb for at least 30 years. “They’re just average, everyday guys out to have a blast… It’s not like NASCAR, where it’s all about the money and the fashion show.

Derek Jeter homers for his 3,000th hit, making him the first player to reach the mark with the New York Yankees. Jeter hit the milestone with a drive to left field with one out in the third inning Saturday at Yankee Stadium. He became the 28th major leaguer overall to get 3,000. Sports, Page 1C.

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INSIDE A NEWS: Local 3A Nation & World 5A Obituaries 8A B PEOPLE: Birthdays 8B C SPORTS: Scoreboard 2C Outdoors 10C D BUSINESS: Mutuals 6D E VIEWS: Editorial 2E F ETC: Puzzles 2F Travel 8F

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Above, James Nardone in his Tint Shoppe Mazda gets support from friends as he starts up the hill Saturday. In top photo is Darryl Danko in his Indy racer.

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WEATHER Evan Dweck Mostly sunny. High 85. Low 54. Details, Page 12C

Noah Millar, 4, of Abington holds his prize-winning potato racer, “Squeaky Potato.” The potato was the fastest spud in the modified division of potato races. TERRIE MORGANBESECKER/THE TIMES LEADER

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Hot potatoes: Tubers race at resort

By TERRIE MORGAN-BESECKER tmorgan@timesleader.com

LAKE HARMONY – It took three years and lots of experimentation, but Jamie Overmiller was confident she and her two children had finally figured out how to make the best potato. They weren’t entering a cooking bake-off. This contest was far racier. The family from Gettysburg was among dozens of summer fun lovers who ventured to the beach at Split Rock Resort

Wednesday afternoon for the weekly potato races, one of several wacky group activities organized by the resort’s social director, Doc Holiday. These spuds had been saved from the dinner table by resort-goers, who reveled in transforming the traditional, but admittedly boring, dinner side dish into unique and creative racers. There was “Squeaky Potato,” a sweet potato that Overmiller’s 4-year-old nephew, Noah Millar of Abington, had transformed into a mouse. Her 11-year-old son, Cy, carved his potato, “Mustang Sally,” into the shape of car, while her daughter, Vashti, 9, decorated her entry, “Missy Messy,” with col-

orful pipe cleaners. “We lose sleep over this,” Jamie Overmiller said with a laugh, noting they were up until 1 a.m. the night before working on the project. “The dollar store is our favorite place.”

Spud competition The family was among 32 entrants in this day’s race. Each potato, which was fitted with wheels and axles, faced off against an opponent in a double-elimination heat. The tubers sat atop a straight race track that was tilted downward, then sped away after the gate lifted. The Overmillers were veteran racers, having taken part in the competition See POTATO, Page 12A

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POLICE BLOTTER HANOVER TWP. - Township police reported the following: • Donna Abraham of Garrahan Street was cited with disorderly conduct Tuesday after Darlene Tufaro, also of Garrahan Street, said she was harassed by Abraham. • Police are investigating the attempted theft of merchandise from the Family Dollar store on Carey Avenue. A clerk recovered the merchandise, but the two women who tried to take it fled on Carey Avenue. One woman was in her 20s, with long brown hair and wearing a white tank top. The other woman was in her 50s with gray hair, wearing an orange T-shirt, jeans and pushing a baby stroller. Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 570 825-1254. • A chop saw owned by Syrstone Inc., of East Syracuse, N.Y., was stolen from a construction site on the South Cross Valley Expressway bridge that spans the Susquehanna River on Thursday. An employee placed the saw on a concrete wall when it ran out of gasoline. When the employee returned, the saw was missing. Police said the saw, manufactured by Husqvarna, is black, orange and yellow with a 12-inch blade and weighs 40 pounds. BUTLER TWP. – Township police reported the following: • A window was smashed at Safari Pizza, North Hunter Highway, on June 26. • Two wheels were stolen from a 2000 Saturn while it was parked at Kisenwethers Service Center, North Hunter Highway, between June 24 and June 27. • Police said approximately 30 large batteries commonly used in heavy equipment were stolen from Traffic Control Inc. on St. Johns Road on June 28. • A resident on Snow Valley Road said he confronted two men inside his house on June 30. The two men ran out of the house and sped away in a vehicle driven by a woman, police said. WYOMING – State police at Wyoming released statistics for June: criminal offenses reported, 79; criminal offenses founded, 78; criminal offenses cleared, 54; criminal arrests, 47; vehicle accidents, 58; hit and run crashes, three; accident injuries, 25; drunken driving arrests, nine; drunken driving crashes, two; traffic citations, 576; traffic warnings, 60.

an argument at their residence last Sunday. Hummel refused to loan a vehicle to Canouse to take his pregnant girlfriend to a hospital, according to the criminal complaint. A preliminary hearing is scheduled on July 13 before District Judge John Hasay in Shickshinny. BLACK CREEK TWP. – Franklin Schrader, of Main Street, reported a motor from his boat was stolen when it was parked near his residence on Thursday or Friday, state police at Hazleton said. RICE TWP. – A man was arraigned Friday for his alleged role in the theft of a television from a residence. Alexander J. Dzoh, 32, of Larksville, was charged with two counts of theft and a single count of receiving stolen property. He was jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $2,000 bail. Township police allege Dzoh and Jaime Lynn Durst, 34, of Mountain Top, stole a television from a residence on Heslop Road on June 28. The television was sold at a pawn shop in Wilkes-Barre, according to the criminal complaint. Durst waived her right to a preliminary hearing on Thursday before District Judge Ronald Swank in Wright Township, sending two counts each of theft, criminal conspiracy and receiving stolen property to Luzerne County Court. A preliminary hearing for Dzoh is scheduled on July 13 before Swank. WILKES-BARRE TWP. – Two people were arraigned Friday on charges they stole merchandise from Kohl’s Department Store on WilkesBarre Township Boulevard. Annalita M. Ross, 33, of Scranton, and Andre Lamont Williams, 40, of Whitehall, were charged with retail theft and false identification to law enforcement. They were jailed at the Luzerne County Correctional Facility for lack of $5,000 bail each. Township police allege Ross stole several pairs of shoes and sneakers valued at $570, and Williams stole shirts, shoes and shorts valued at $464 at about 6:30 p.m. Thursday, according to the criminal complaints. Preliminary hearings are scheduled on July 13 before District Judge Michael Dotzel in Wilkes-Barre Township.

PLAINS TWP. – State Police at Wyoming said they arrested Mark Donovan, of Kingston, on evidence of drunken driving after a traffic stop on state Route 309 at about 2 a.m. Friday. Donovan was transported to WILKES-BARRE – City Wilkes-Barre General Hospital police arrested a man and three juveniles on charges they for a blood alcohol test, state police said. broke into a residence on South Welles Street. WAPWALLOPEN – State Tannel DeJesus, 19, of Orpolice at Hazleton said Lorlando, Fla., was charged with raine Brennan will be cited two counts of criminal tresafter she crashed her 2005 pass. He was arraigned MonDodge Ram pickup truck into day by District Judge Diana Malast in Plains Township and a house, owned by Rosemarie Franckiewicz, on Hobby Road jailed at the Luzerne County Thursday night. Correctional Facility for lack Brennan crashed into the of $10,000 bail. house, which sustained damPolice allege DeJesus and three juveniles tried to enter a age, when she failed to stop for a stop sign at about 10:10 residence through a secondp.m., state police said. floor window at about 9:45 p.m. Sunday. Three suspects EDWARDSVILLE – A man held a storm door with the fourth suspect standing on the was arraigned Friday on chargdoor attempting to climb onto es police found heroin inside a roof, according to the crimi- his vehicle during a traffic stop at Jackson Street and nal complaint. Armstrong Street. Police said the juveniles Jason Richard Hardiman, were processed and released 29, of Atlantic Avenue, Edto their parents. wardsville, was charged with A preliminary hearing for two counts of possession with DeJesus is scheduled on July intent to deliver a controlled 12 in Wilkes-Barre Central substance, and one count each Court. of possession of a controlled SALEM TWP. – A man was substance and possession of charged by township police on drug paraphernalia. He was jailed at the Luzerne County allegations he assaulted his Correctional Facility for lack step-father. Joshua Judd Canouse, 24, of of $30,000 bail. Police allege they found South Mountain Road, was heroin packets inside a vehicle arraigned by District Judge that was occupied by HardiDiana Malast in Plains Townman. The vehicle was stopped ship on charges of simple for faulty brake lights at about assault, harassment and dis10 p.m. Thursday, according to orderly conduct. He was rethe criminal complaint. leased on $1,000 unsecured A preliminary hearing is bail. scheduled on July 13 before Township police allege CaDistrict Judge Paul Roberts in nouse assaulted his step-father, Michael Hummel, during Kingston.

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Leighton: No golf for me Wilkes-Barre’s mayor says he attended a political fundraiser but worked while there. By JERRY LYNOTT jlynott@timesleader.com

WILKES-BARRE – Unlike the city employees who took time off for his golfing fundraiser Friday, Mayor Tom Leighton said he was on the job while at the tournament. Approximately 14 city workers attended the re-election campaign event held at the course operated by the Wilkes-Barre General Municipal Authority, the mayor said. He corrected the total that was reported in a story Saturday in The Times Leader that said an estimated 40 city employees golfed and the event attracted more than 100 golfers.

Leighton did not count himself among the golfers, adding that he did not take a personal or vacation day. “It doesn’t Leighton apply to me because I go 24-7,” he said Saturday when contacted by telephone. “I worked the whole day. I did not golf.” The mayor, a Democrat who is seeking his third term, has been the focus of media reports critical of the hiring of his daughter, niece and nephew for summer jobs in the city. They resigned Thursday from the jobs. “It’s not bad publicity,” he said of the employees playing golf. “These individuals have time coming to them.” There was “no pressure put on them” to play, either, he said.

His latest tournament like the eight prior ones took months of planning and preparation. The contract to use the course was signed in late winter or early spring, he said. A weekday was chosen for the event, because “it’s tough to tie up a golf course for a weekend,” he said. His status as mayor did not entitle him to any special treatment or discount, he said. “I’m treated as Tom Citizen,” he said. If a reduced rate was offered because of his position, “I wouldn’t accept it,” he said. Neither would he look elsewhere to hold the tournament, he said. “I’m a firm believer in supporting local businesses,” he said. “I support Boscov’s, the downtown restaurants. I support all WilkesBarre businesses.”

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eather Olexa of Drums joins hundreds of blues fans during the 14th annual Briggs Farm Blues Festival in Nescopeck Township on Saturday afternoon.

Providing heavenly prelude to Yanks game Members of local church’s choirs sing national anthem at PNC Field on Saturday. By GERI GIBBONS Times Leader Correspondent

MOOSIC – The choirs of St. Monica’s Parish in West Wyoming regularly grace parishioners at Saturday and Sunday Masses. This Saturday night gave the choir members an opportunity to stand before a markedly larger audi“I love being ence as they able to spend sang the national anthem time in the at PNC Field sunshine in before the secthis beautiful ond game of stadium. What the Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre a wonderful Yankees-Rochway to spend ester Red Wings doublea summer header. night.” Nearly 100 Father Leo parishioners McKernan attended the St. Monica game and sat pastor on the thirdbase side to support the junior, teen and senior choirs, comprised of members from the age of 10 to seniors. . The audience responded to the choir’s spirited rendition of the anthem. And many members of the crowd cheered after the choirs completed their effort. "They sound really good,” said one young spectator, hot dog in hand, “I sang extra loud.” Choir member Lucyann Skivarla expressed excitement at being able to sing the anthem, saying, “It truly is a once-in-alifetime experience.” “We were surprised and happy when Paul Migliori from PNC Field called and asked us to sing,” Ninarose Lewko, director of music at St. Monica’s, said recently. “Our church en-

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Members of the junior, teen and senior choirs at St. Monica’s Parish sing the national anthem at the Yankees game Saturday.

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BUILDING TRUST The Times Leader strives to correct errors, clarify stories and update them promptly. Corrections will appear in this spot. If you have information to help us correct an inaccuracy or cover an issue more thoroughly, call the newsroom at 829-7242. St. Monica’s Parish choir members on the field singing ‘The StarSpangled Banner’ before second game of doubleheader.

joys blessing the community.” Ticket chairman Tom Tomsak coordinated the event and many fellow members of the church expressed gratitude to him for his hard work in obtaining tickets and insuring that those in attendance were comfortable and had a good time. Maureen Carey was also lauded for her role as publicity chairman. Father Leo McKernan, who recently became pastor at the church, also sang with the choirs. McKernan has enjoyed leading the church and overseeing its recent growth. “I love being able to spend

time in the sunshine in this beautiful stadium,” said McKernan. “What a wonderful way to spend a summer night.” Choir members said that they spent many extra hours practicing for the event, including a memorable time of practice and fellowship at Harveys Lake. “Both the church and its choirs are growing,” said Lewko, indicating the parish, which was formed by combining St. Joseph’s, Wyoming, and Our Lady of Sorrows, West Wyoming, is moving forward through the hard work and commitment of its members.

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Former Northwest Area superintendent ready for new role at West Side CTC

Tkatch was always a risk taker straight into work. I started at the Holiday Inn in Wilkes-Barre,” Tkatch said as UNION TWP. – You have to coax she sat at her Northwest Area desk for Nancy Tkatch to talk about her appear- her final day on June 30. Six months later she got a call from a ance on “Wheel of Fortune,” but the noformer teacher tion of spinning a wheel to decide “Educators need to take a look at the vo-tech – now a career your fate is too emat the way they do business. and technical blematic of her caKids today are so different and center. reer to ignore. “She asked if “I’ve always been so tech-savvy that we need to I would like to a risk taker,” said come back as a the coal miner’s meet the needs of students in teacher’s aide.” daughter who just different ways. Tkatch went stepped down as Nancy Tkatch back to school Northwest Area Former Northwest Area superintendent for life, studySchool District suing for a culiperintendent. She nary arts certifstarted taking chances on her career before she was icate, a teacher certification, and a doctorate in education. out of her teens. And just for fun – really – she took Tkatch thought she was through with school when she finished her days some non-credit cooking courses at LuBILL TARUTIS/FOR THE TIMES LEADER studying food preparation and service zerne County Community College. In a at Wilkes-Barre Area Vo-Tech. Then-Northwest Area School District Superintendent Nancy Tkatch talks “I had every intention of going See TKATCH, Page 7A about her experiences in her office on June 30, her last day in that job.

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Mary Mathers teaches 10-year-old Christina Schuler basics in knitting during the Knitting and Crochet Group meeting at the Osterhout Free Library in Wilkes-Barre.

Stitches in time

Old arts gain new life at the Osterhout By SUSAN DENNEY Times Leader Correspondent

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Craig Daniels of Hanover Township is taken into police custody Saturday.

WILKES-BARRE – Can the centuries-old art of knitting be cool and fun? The two 10-year-olds in the Knitting and Crochet Group at the Osterhout Free Library would definitely say yes. They showed just as much enthusiasm for their craft as the most senior members of the group gathered around a large table covered with bright yarn in the Reading Room on Saturday. Shawna Teer, Young Adult librarian at the Osterhout, formed the group last year during the summer reading program. “Since we opened an area of the library called ‘Classic Corner’ for seniors, we’ve been trying to include activities at the library that appeal to all

“I like the colors. And it’s a very tactile thing to do. You may not finish a project, but it’s nice to see something coming together.” Shawna Teer Founder of group

“This past June11th, we participated in Worldwide Knit in Public Day.” Helen and Josephine Campbell of Wilkes-Barre have been members of the group since it was formed. Helen is 10 and she likes creating new things with her knitting needles. She has made “pygmy puffs” based on magical creatures described in the Harry Potter book series. Helen was wearing a trendy headscarf knitted by her mom, Josephine. Josephine was working on a set of headscarves for some Girl Scouts. She was using a colorful variegated yarn called “Tie Dye.” Variegated yarn has color variations running through it; in this case, in

different age groups.” When asked why she likes to knit, Teer said, “I like the colors. And it’s a very tactile thing to do. You may not finish a project, but it’s nice to see something coming together.” The group was originally just for knitters, but Teer said they decided to add crocheters three months ago. See KNITTING, Page 7A

Community organizers get lesson in economics through Northeastern Pa. tour Poverty Scholars Program aims to abolish poverty by having leaders study the past and present. By JERRY LYNOTT jlynott@timesleader.com

Teen gets electrocuted

A 14-year-old boy was accidentally electrocuted Friday night at a home on Abbott Street, said Luzerne County Coroner John Corcoran. The boy, whose name was not released, was pronounced dead at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, the coroner said Saturday. “He was playing with his cousin and touched the wrong wires,” said Corcoran. The accident occurred around 10:45 p.m. Friday and the boy reportedly was wet when he was found unconscious, stuck behind a clothes dryer. He was taken by ambulance to the hospital.

Anti-smoking effort grows

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Police say the Hanover Township men told them they were seeking scrap aluminum.

WILKES-BARRE – Following an hour-long standoff, city police arrested two men Saturday on criminal trespassing charges at the vacant Murray Complex off Pennsylvania Boulevard. Police surrounded the complex at approximately 12:30 p.m. and arrested Craig Daniels, 22, and Jason Day, 31, both of the Hanover Village Apartments in Hanover Township. Sgt. Tom Harding of Wilkes-Barre Police said the men told police they came to the complex seeking scrap aluminum on the assumption that the buildings were abandoned. Steve Kaschak, who works for the complex’s owner, Daniel Siniawa and Associates, said he was notified by the complex’s security company that an alarm had been triggered at the com-

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tephen Spishock squeezes a lemon at his lemonade stand at the Wyoming Farmers Market on opening day Saturday. For Clicks from the market, see Page 11A.

Center, he was among the nearly 110 community organizers from around the country participating in the Poverty Scholars Program Wilkes-Barre Regional Leadership School over the weekend at King’s College. The Northeastern Pennsylvania Organizing Center hosted the school that started Friday and runs through today with the aim of educating people like Hasalem to become leaders in the effort to abolish poverty by studying the past and the present. The downtown Nanticoke stop Saturday afternoon was a page in their textbook on the history of the region. It was one of the sites on the Wilkes-Barre Re-

NANTICOKE – Some of what James Hasalem saw on East Main Street reminded him of back home in Vermont. There were empty lots and storefronts and a mix of older and newer buildings along the main thoroughfare in downtown Nanticoke. “It’s very similar to a lot of our towns,” said Hasalem of Burlington. A member of the Vermont Workers’ See POVERTY, Page 7A

Rebekah Phillips, from Media Mobilizing Project, shoots video of downtown Nanticoke during a ‘Reality Tour’ sponsored by Poverty Scholars Program Saturday afternoon. She was one of nearly 110 community organizers from around the country participating in the program.

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Penn State Cooperative Extension, Luzerne County, said it has welcomed Pittston Township to the growing list of Luzerne County communities that have joined Young Lungs at Play, an initiative to make public parks, playing fields and playgrounds tobacco-free. The extension said it invites all county cities, municipalities and school districts and county government to join the township in eliminating children’s exposure to secondhand smoke at local public parks, playgrounds and playing fields by participating in the no-cost initiative. The initiative assists municipalities in passing local laws, ordinances, policies or resolutions that designate parks, playgrounds and recreation fields tobacco-free by providing sample ordinances that have been successfully implemented elsewhere. Once passed, Penn State Cooperative Extension then provides the municipality with weather-resistant Young Lungs at Play signs that can be posted in those tobaccofree public areas. For more information about the Young Lungs at Play initiative contact Penn State Cooperative Extension Luzerne County at 570-825-1701 or 570-856-5218. EDWARDSVILLE

Dog attacks girl, police say

Police are searching for a dog that viciously attacked a young girl Saturday morning. Police said the dog attacked the 6-year-old girl in her yard at 25 Church Street, biting the girl in her cheek, eye and nose area. The girl’s parents heard her cries and came to the backyard, at which point the dog ran away, police said. The girl was undergoing treatment at WilkesBarre General Hospital for non-life threatening injuries Saturday, police said, and may need to undergo a series of rabies shots if the dog that bit her cannot be located. The animal is described as a black and white dog, possibly a pit bull or Labrador retriever, last seen in the area of Church Street. Anyone with information about the dog’s owners or whereabouts is asked to contact Officer Michael Lehman of the Edwardsville Police at 288-8463. WILKES-BARRE

Home invasion investigated

City police are investigating an alleged home invasion on Wyoming Street Friday night. According to police, Dimostenis Raptis said two black males knocked on the front door of his Wyoming Street residence at approximately 10:30 p.m. Friday and put a gun to his face when he opened the door. Raptis told police the men rifled through his belongings and stole cash; and, before leaving, struck Raptis in the back of his head with the firearm.

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Panetta: Al-Qaida in reach By ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer

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From cinema to concert hall

American screenwriter, director and actor Woody Allen plays in a charity concert organized by the Federation charity in Moscow, Russia, Saturday. The Federation held a charity ball last year with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin performing on the piano.

KABUL, Afghanistan — Al-Qaida’s defeat is “within reach,” U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Saturday during his first visit to Afghanistan as Pentagon chief. He said eliminating as few as 10 of the group’s top figures could cripple its ability to strike the West. Panetta’s assessment could stoke the debate in Washington over how soon to pull the U.S. military from the land where Osama bin Laden’s network launched the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, against the United States. Some question why a continued military commitment is necessary if al-Qaida’s end is in

sight, given that it was the reason the U.S. began the war. Although not as specific as Panetta about what it will take to break al-Qaida, the top American commander in Afghanistan said in a separate interview that he agrees the group is on the ropes. “There has been enormous damage done to al-Qaida” beyond bin Laden’s killing May 2 in Pakistan. Army Gen. David Petraeus said. “That has very significantly disrupted their efforts and it does hold the prospect of a strategic defeat, if you will, a strategic dismantling, of al-Qaida.” Panetta said he hoped his shift from CIA director to defense secretary, combined with a change of U.S. civilian and

military leaders in Kabul, will put the troubled U.S.-Afghan relationship “back on the right track.” Mixed with the optimism was a hint of concern about resetting the Obama administration’s increasingly rocky relationship with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. He frequently criticizes the U.S. military and is known to offer what American officials see as weak support for his own fledgling army and police. Panetta pointedly noted that the U.S. feels compelled to deal with “a lot of leaders throughout the world who have AP PHOTO problems ... and that’s the situation here. We have to respect him as presi- U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta addresses the press Saturday. dent of his country.”

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strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 hit Japan’s northeastern A coast on Sunday, prompting a tsunami

warning for the area still recovering from a devastating quake and killer wave four months ago. Residents in coastal areas were warned to evacuate, but there were no immediate reports of damage. A warning of a possible tsunami was issued for most of the northeastern coastline. The epicenter of the quake was in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Japan’s main island, Honshu, at a depth of about 6 miles. Officials said they expected a tsunami of less than one meter in some areas. Officials said there were no reports of abnormalities at the Fukushima plant caused by Sunday’s quake. Sunday’s quake registered 4 on the Japanese scale of 7, meaning it was felt as moderately strong. Because of the damage from the March quake and tsunami, however, many buildings in the area are structurally weak and seawalls have been destroyed, making the region more vulnerable to relatively weaker quakes.

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South Sudan celebrated its first day as an independent nation Saturday, raising its flag before tens of thousands of cheering citizens elated to reach the end of a 50-year struggle. U.S. President Barack Obama called the day a new dawn after the darkness of war, while visiting dignitaries offered both congratulations and prodding for South Sudan and its former ruler, Sudan, to avoid a return to conflict over serious and unresolved disagreements. “The eyes of the world are now on us,” said South Sudan President Salva Kiir, who was inaugurated during a scorching midday ceremony. Kiir stressed that the people of South Sudan must advance their country together, and unite as countrymen first, casting aside allegiances to the dozens of tribes that reside here. Saturday meant that South Sudan and its black tribesmen would for the first time be linked politically with sub-Saharan Africa. Kenya and Uganda are already laying strong economic ties with their northern neighbor, an oilrich country that may one day ship its oil to a Kenyan port, instead of through pipelines controlled by Sudan.

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evelers run next to Dolores Aguirre fighting bulls during the running of the bulls at the festival of San Fermin on Saturday in Pamplona, Spain.

Army amputee thrown from ride DARIEN, N.Y. — A U.S. Army veteran who lost both legs in Iraq and had been trying to rebuild his life was killed after he was thrown from a roller coaster at an upstate New York amusement park. Teams of inspectors on Saturday were examining the Ride of Steel coaster at the Darien Lake Theme Park Resort, about 30 miles east of Buffalo. Sgt. James Thomas Hackemer, 29, was ejected from the 208-foot-tall ride early Friday evening, after climbing aboard during an outing with family and friends. Authorities and a park spokeswoman declined to say at what point in the ride the accident occurred. The wounded veteran was missing all of his left leg and most of his right one,

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as well as part of a hip, and had only recently returned for good to his parents’ home in Gowanda following years in and out of rehabilitation at hospitals around the northeast U.S. It wasn’t immediately clear whether attendants at the theme park had given

any thought to barring Hackemer from the ride because of his missing limbs. Hackemer’s sister , Jody, said Saturday she believes that for the minute her brother was on the ride, he probably felt the happiest he had been in recent years after losing his legs in Iraq in 2008.

Ford left her mark in Rancho Mirage, home of rehab center

Report rips Syria leaders

Syrian commanders told security forces they were fighting terrorists and ordered them to open fire on antiregime demonstrations even after they found unarmed protesters instead, Human Rights Watch said Saturday in a report citing defectors from President Bashar Assad’s regime. The New York-based group quoted some of the defectors as saying that they feared they could have been shot themselves if they refused to obey orders. One reported seeing a military officer shoot dead two soldiers in the southern city of Daraa for that reason.

The Ride of Steel roller coaster is shown at Darien Theme Park Resort in Darien, N.Y. Sgt. James Hackemer, a U.S. Army veteran who lost his legs while deployed in Iraq, was thrown from the ride on Friday and was killed.

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WASHINGTON — House Republican budget negotiators have abandoned plans to pursue a massive $4 trillion,10-year deficit reduction package in the face of stiff GOP opposition to any plan that would increase taxes as part of the deal. House Speaker John Boehner informed President Barack Obama Saturday that a smaller agreement of about $2 trillion was more realistic. The White House did not have an immediate reaction. In a statement issued Saturday evening, Boehner said: “Despite good-faith efforts to find common ground, the White House will not pursue a bigger debt reduction agreement without tax hikes.” Boehner’s statement came a day before he and seven of the top House and Senate leaders were scheduled to meet at the White House in a negotiating session and lay out their remaining differences. A deficit reduction deal is crucial to win Republican support for an increase in the nation’s debt ceiling. The government’s borrowing capacity is currently capped at $14.3 trillion and administration officials say it will go into default without action by Aug. 2. Obama tried to build political support for an ambitious package of spending cuts and new tax revenue that would reduce the debt by $4 trillion over 10 years. But from the moment he proposed it, Republicans said they would reject any tax increases and Democrats objected to spending cuts in some of their most prized benefit programs, including Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.

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The entrance to the Eisenhower Medical Center, where Betty Ford died.

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. — Rancho Mirage was just a dot in a desert valley east of Los Angeles until Betty Ford put it on the map with a rehab center that treated generations of Hollywood highrollers and spiraling stars. . When she died Friday, she had outlived some of her most famous celebrity successes and saved the lives of many

more, a legacy that inspired A-listers and average residents alike to pay tribute to a former first lady who left her mark all over the city she made famous. Ford died at the Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, where she settled with former President Gerald Ford after he left office more than three decades ago, family spokeswoman Barbara Lewandrowski said. She was 93. Public and private memorial ceremonies will be held in California and Michigan this week as her casket travels to be laid to rest alongside her husband in

Grand Rapids, Mich. Family attorney and spokesman Greg Willard said Saturday that Ford died of natural causes at 3:30 p.m. Friday, and ceremonies are proceeding according to her wishes. Ceremonies will be held Tuesday at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church in Palm Desert. Ceremonies will be held in Grand Rapids on Wednesday night before burial on Thursday. For eulogies, Ford chose former First Lady Rosalyn Carter, Lynne Cheney and Cokie Roberts, among others.

KARACHI, PAKISTAN

Pakistani forces regained control Saturday over trouble spots in the nation’s largest city, where five days of political and ethnic violence killed at least 93 people and forced many to stay at home in fear, an official said. The fighting in Karachi, a southern port city of 18 million people, has added to the political instability in this nuclear-armed, U.S.-allied nation and provided another distraction for the government as it fights a Taliban-led insurgency. It also undercuts the country’s struggling economy, because Karachi is its main commercial hub.

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bridges and roadways. The dam that supports the lake held strong, but the spillover gushed into Bear Creek, causing it to rise as high as the dam, Mitchell said. The water ripped apart a bridge and asphalt on state Route 115 and flooded several more properties as it continued its path. In Plymouth, 5 to 7 inches of rain in a short period of time last Sunday night caused massive runoff from Plymouth Mountain into the Coal Street Creek. The creek swelled, wiping out infrastructure and damaging properties along its banks. Freak occurrences In both places, the flooding was a freak, unfamiliar occurrence, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had people who never had water near their homes and certainly not in their basements who now experienced this catastrophic event,â&#x20AC;? Mitchell said. The mayor had been working in Plains Township that afternoon when his son called to alert him to the chaos unfolding in the borough. It was sunny in Plains. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I thought he was pulling my leg,â&#x20AC;? he recalled. On a recent before-and-after retrospective drive through the borough, the mayor stopped at the Beaupland Road home of John and Victoria Glod. Sand Spring Run Creek, one of the lakeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s feeder tributaries, runs through their property. The rain burst through an upstream dam, and the rushing creek blew through a bridge and Beaupland Road, leaving an 80foot gap in the roadway, Mitchell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There were thousands of tons of boulders and debris and water that tore this whole area up,â&#x20AC;? Mitchell recalled. Glod vividly recalls every detail of the flood day. He returned home from doing errands, made lunch and watched the creek. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We had a bridge, and in 15 minutes, it was gone,â&#x20AC;? he said. As the growing creek pulverized his yard and crept closer to his home, he decided to move his car to higher ground. By the time he walked back, his macadam driveway had folded up. He alerted his wife, who was working in Wilkes-Barre and, like Mitchell, was oblivious to the flooding. The water dumped piles of boulders more than six feet high onto their property, but they were relieved their home was not flooded. A guest home on their property sustained water damage. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was scary,â&#x20AC;? John Glod recalled. Mitchell also visited Railroad Lane on his recent drive, pointing to the spot where the home of Michelle and Shawn Evans once stood. Part of the home had been knocked off its foundation, and water reached the homeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s upper level. The Evanses had been forced to climb onto their roof with their two dogs. They were pulled to safety by a rescue boat that then got swept away by the swift current. Another rescue crew managed to use a rope to reel in the boat. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Here we were in the dark trying to spot these people,â&#x20AC;? Mitchell said. Swatting pesky bugs, Mitchell admired a blue heron, a sign that fish are plentiful in the once again peaceful waterway that winds around the property. A garage is all that remains of the structure, and the couple ended up moving out of the borough, he said. Another flood-damaged home closer to the Glodsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; also was torn down when a new property owner opted to rebuild on the site at a higher elevation, Mitchell said. The state quickly repaired state Route 115, but seeking government assistance for other repairs was an â&#x20AC;&#x153;agonizing process,â&#x20AC;? Mitchell said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It reminds me of the Southwest Airlines commercial where a gigantic ball of red tape is about to roll over you, and you couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get anywhere,â&#x20AC;? Mitchell said. Lessons to learn from The villageâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s experience in re-

A house on Railroad Lane in Bear Creek Village was ruined.

The Bear Creek Cafe recovered from the 2002 flood.

The Bear Creek Village Post Office was damaged.

The Bear Creek Village clubhouse was badly damaged.

covering may hold lessons for Plymouth residents facing massive damage caused by last weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s flooding. While some repairs were made quickly and funded by the state and county, much was left to property owners. Damage in the village and neighboring Bear Creek Township was estimated at $5 million, and the borough ended up receiving a $30,000 state grant to repair Sand Spring Run Creek and county community development funding â&#x20AC;&#x201C; he couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t recall the amount â&#x20AC;&#x201C; to bridge the gap on Beaupland Road. The rest of the damage was repaired by residents and volunteers, including several companies that provided heavy equipment and manpower, Mitchell said. These companies redirected stream beds and removed tons of boulders and silt that had washed down, clogging culverts. The countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s road and bridge department also helped with clean-up. Residents had to tap savings or take out loans to repair damage of personal property because their insurance wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t cover the damage, he said. The borough couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t meet the requirements to be declared a disaster area under the Federal Emergency Management Agency or to qualify for low-interest federal Small Business Administration recovery loans. To be eligible for the loans, 25 homes must sustain damage equal to 40 percent of their market value, he said.

funds to cover disaster relief needs, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The system makes it virtually impossible for smaller communities to qualify for federal DON CAREY PHOTOS/THE TIMES LEADER aid, and the state has no line item to cover catastrophes,â&#x20AC;? Despite cosmetic damage to the facade of the Bear Creek Lake dam, the structure held up during Mitchell said. intense rain and flooding in 2002.

Tough on small towns Mitchell said legislators should change the formula because it is difficult for worthy tiny municipalities to meet that minimum. The village has about 300 residents. The state also fails to budget

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ality Tour that took them by bus past the derelict Huber Breaker in Ashley, the busy Arena Hub shopping area in Wilkes-Barre Township and the entertainment, dining and gambling mecca of the Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs casino in Plains Township. Huddled under the shade of a tree on the corner of East Main and Broadway streets, some of the program participants lis-

tened as Mitch Troutman, communication director of the NEPA Organizing Center, talked about the changes in places such as Nanticoke, which has experienced the loss of manufacturing and mining jobs. “This is just a good example of what has happened to one of the downtowns,” said Troutman. It didn’t look like his city of Philadelphia, said Daniel Jones, a student at New York University who is attending leadership school. But, he noted, just like in a small town, a big city sustains a loss when industries and jobs move out. Monica Roberts takes photographs of an empty storefront in downtown Nanticoke during ‘Reality Tour’ sponsored by Poverty Scholars Program Saturday afternoon.

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garnishing course, she met a Hazleton Area School District nurse named Geraldine Shepperson. “She told me there was an opening at the Hazleton Area Career and Technology Center. I applied and got the job,” Tkatch recalled. Shepperson stayed at Hazleton Area and worked her way up to superintendent. Tkatch, on the other hand, continued to spin the wheel and see what she got. She landed a principal’s position at a Monroe County Career and Technology Center, rising to assistant

SUNDAY, JULY 10, 2011 PAGE 7A Evelyn Komiski knits during the Knitting and Crochet Group at the Osterhout Free Library in Wilkes-Barre. The group welcomes people of all ages to have some fun while improving their skill in the arts, practiced for centuries. Shawna Teer of the library staff formed the group last year as a means of expanding the library’s offerings to include all age groups. Originally for knitters, the group now has crocheters too.

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bright primary colors. Helen loves them. “They’re hippie. I put beads on mine.” Josephine explained why she enjoyed the knitting group, “We love Shawna. And it’s more fun to do it together. You get to see what others are doing.” Mary A. Mathers of WilkesBarre, one of the elders of the group and an original member, has been knitting since she was 6. The green-and-white knitted blanket she was working on is intended for her great-grandchild, due in December. Mathers said, “I was a very sick child and I watched my aunt Catherine knitting. I begged her to teach me. She bought me a picture book about knitting and a ball of yarn.” Her first project was a scarf. She likes coming to the knitting group for several reasons. “I like getting together and chewing the fat. And I learn

Harding said the first officer on scene saw Day walking on a second story catwalk that connects the two remaining buildings at the complex. Day tried to Continued from Page 3A flee the complex through the front plex. He stopped by to investigate and building at approximately 12:45 p.m., found a broken window, so he contacted but was subdued with a Taser and taken into police custody, Harding said. police, Kaschak said. director before getting the top job at Northwest Area eight years ago. When the school board said it wanted a change in direction, Tkatch, 53, spun the wheel once more, this time landing the job of administrative director at West Side Career and Technology Center. While Tkatch is coy about that Wheel of Fortune stint – she won three rounds – there are two topics she eagerly addresses: education reform and the paucity of women in school leadership positions. “Educators need to take a look at the way they do business,” she said. “Kids today are so different and so tech-savvy that we need to

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things from the other members.” Mathers and Evelyn Kozniski of Wilkes-Barre, share their experience with the younger members of the group. Evelyn has taught the younger members a technique called finger knitting, which requires no knitting needles. Maureen Schuler and her daughter Christina, age 10, of Shavertown were there for their second session. Christina is

Six police officers then surrounded the complex and after about 30 minutes went inside, where they took the second man, Daniels, into custody at approximately 1:18 p.m. The Wilkes-Barre Fire Department also sent a ladder truck to the complex but it was not used. Both men will be charged with burgla-

meet the needs of students in different ways. “My philosophy is that all kids go to work,” she added. To that end, she made changes at Northwest Area. She met weekly with administrators because “all administrators need to deliver the same message. And that message is that we need to prepare students with a better understanding of career.” The district brought a career counselor on board, and “retooled the (state-mandated) graduation project as a career project,” Tkatch said. Exposing students to career options can begin, literally, with the ABCs, Tkatch noted. “If A is for apple, A can also be for archi-

learning how to knit. “I love being with her and doing activities,” Maureen said. “She enjoys anything artistic.” The group members were excited to gain a new member on Saturday when Len Kalinoski of Plains Township showed up for the first time. He brought in some unfinished projects of his mother’s. He explained, “My mom passed away and I’m trying to keep it going.” Mathers was hap-

ry and criminal trespass, and Day will additionally be charged with resisting arrest and providing false identification to police, police said. The men were arraigned Saturday before District Judge Fred Pierantoni, police said. Kaschak said the buildings have frequently been entered by homeless peo-

tect.” And throughout grades, lessons should be tied to practical use of the knowledge. “When students can relate the use of geometry or algorithms to real work, they understand why they have to do the academics.” At West Side, she’s hoping to further link high schools to the career center, offering career counseling for eighth-grade students and possibly offering parttime classes. “Maybe a student planning to be an electrical engineer could spend some time in our electrical program. “We need to talk to kids more about their options,” she said. “I’m living proof. You think you don’t want to go to college? Look

py to drop her own blanket project and help him work on a crocheted dish towel that his mother had started. As he added his first stitches to the project, he looked up with a smile and said, “It’s a great day!” The Knitting and Crochet group is open to members of all ages and meets in the Reading Room of the Osterhout Free Library on South Franklin Street every other Saturday at 10:30 a.m.

ple and thieves seeking scrap copper and aluminum, but there hadn’t been any break-ins in the past month. The complex has been vacant since 2007, when the bar Slainte shut its doors there. Previously the building was home to Murray’s Inn and Mickey Finn’s.

at what doors open when you continue your education.” While schools need to rework the way they do things, Tkatch said school boards need to rework their approach to having women in district leadership roles. “We need to be considered equals, and I’m not sure that philosophy has been adopted fully here,” she said. “People make assumptions on what gender brings to a role. School districts need to take a look at the person and not the gender.” But enough of the deep thoughts on important issues; back to that Wheel of Fortune appearance. It was in the late 1980s when

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HENRY KONCZYNSKI, 88, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla., formerly of 162 Newport St., Nanticoke, died June 25 at Miami VA Medical Center. He was born in Nanticoke, on February 16, 1923, to Zigmund and Josephine Konczynski. He was preceded in death by wife, Irene Konczynski. He worked for 29 years as a machinist for Biscontini Coal Co. A World War II Army veteran with Merrill’s Marauders, he was awarded a Bronze Star and Purple Heart. He was a member of Holy Child Church. Surviving are daughter Susan Sherrick and husband, Sta, of Wapwallopen;, son Henry Jr. and wife, Joyce, of Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; grandchildren Steven Sherrick, Jason Konczynski and Amanda Konczynski; twogreat grandchildren, and sisters, Stella Yaskiewicz. Lillian Sherbin, Henrietta Zavatski. Graveside memorial service will be held Wednesday, July 13, at 1 p.m. at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Wanamie. Donations can be made to the local hospice or SPCA in lieu of flowers. ELMER J. SIMS, 73, of Plymouth, passed away Friday at home. He was born on August 5, 1937, in Larksville and was the son of the late Mary McElwee Sims and the late Stephen Sims. He was formerly employed as a heavy equipment operator. He was a member of the Eagles Club in Plymouth. Elmer was preceded in death by his brothers Joseph, Jack, Herbert, George and Francis. He is survived by his brothers Lewis, Plymouth, and Bob, Larksville; children, Carol Ritts, Edwardsville; Peggy Goss, Edwardsville; Donna Williamson, Larksville; Nancy Waltich, Sugar Notch; Leon Goss, Edwardsville; many nieces and nephews. A funeral service will be held Monday at 7 p.m. from WilliamsHagen Funeral Home, 114 W. Main St., Plymouth, with Rev Gloria Jenkins officiating. Friends may call Monday from 5 to7 p.m.

Shirley L. Kuhl July 5, 2011

hirley L. Kuhl, 76, of Lee Park, passed away, July 5, 2011 at the Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. Born February 17, 1935, in Wilkes-Barre, she was a daughter of the late Larry and Anna Oleniak. She was a life resident of WilkesBarre and a graduate of GAR High School. Prior to retiring, she was employed as a secretary by the Acme Warehouse in Forty Fort. She was a member of Our Lady of Hope Church in Wilkes-Barre. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John, in 1965. Surviving her are son, Gregory, and his partner, Gayle Philips, of Ashley; grandchildren, Amber, Alan and Arik; sister, Philomena, and her husband, Carl of Erlanger, Ky.; best friend, Henrietta Kebles of Trucksville. A memorial Mass will be celebrated Monday at 9:30 a.m. in Our Lady of Hope Church, 40 Park Ave., Wilkes-Barre. She loved her family, friends, God and the Green Bay Packers. Arrangements are by the Karl E. Blight Funeral Home, 392 Wyoming, Ave., Kingston.

Virginia Smith July 7, 2011

Virginia Claire (Kneezel) Smith, 69, of Pittston, passed away Thursday, July 7, at Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton. Born in Chester, Pa., on August 29, 1941, Virginia was the daughter of the late Charles and Dorothy (Blum) Kneezel. Virginia was an active member of many volunteer organizations earlier in life. She enjoyed her work as a nurse’s aide and taking care of the elderly and others in need. She was a talented painter and enjoyed many hobbies, including candle making, ceramics and arts/crafts. She loved playing and winning at bingo. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother Charles Kneezel and sister Dorothy Mahaffey. Virginia is survived by her children, Ken Weber, Moosic; Scott Weber, Nanticoke; Michelle Stefanowicz and her husband, Shane, Old Forge; and John C. Weber, Dallas, Texas. Also surviving are her grandchildren, Kayla Marconi, Ciera and Skylar Stefanowicz, her brother Roger Kneezel and his wife, Donna, of Doylestown and several nieces and nephews. A memorial service will be held Monday, July 11, at 8 p.m. at Kiesinger Funeral Services Inc., 255 McAlpine St., Duryea. Friends may call from 6 p.m. until time of service. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Mary’s Villa Campus, Attn: Lisa Zamber, 516 St. Mary’s Villa Road, Elmhurst Twp., PA 18444, or by phone 570-842-7621. Online condolences may be made to www.kiesingerfuneralservices.com.

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Scottsdale, Arizona, died Friday, July 8, 2011, in Hospice of the VNA, Heritage House, Wilkes-Barre. Born in Chicago, she was the daughter of the late David and Ida Rosen Arnoff and was preceded in death by her loving husband, Marvin, in 1999. Mrs. Barnett was also preceded in death by brothers, Joseph and Robert Arnoff. Fay is survived by her daughter, Michele Rudnick and her husband, Stephen, Kingston; son, Barry, Connecticut; two granddaughters, Erica Kim and Jessica Wilf; and three great- grandchildren, Macey Kim and Ava and Hannah Wilf. Funeral services will be held today at 1 p.m. at the Rosenberg Funeral Chapel, 348 S. River Street,

Wilkes-Barre, with Rabbi Larry Kaplan officiating. Interment will be in Green Acres Cemetery, Scottsdale, Arizona. Condolences may be sent by visiting Fay’s obituary at www.rosenbergfuneralchapel.com.

Daniel Marcinko July 8, 2011

dent. Born in Nanticoke, on March 6, 1940, he was the son of the late Hobert and C. Elizabeth Arnold Boltz. He attended Nanticoke High School. On June 30, 2011, after 16 years, he celebrated his retirement from his dream truck driving job at Slusser Brothers. Harold enjoyed hanging out at Dorrance Auto with Danny and the boys and loved driving his Camaro “the Z,” but above all, he loved spending time with his family and his beloved dog, Jada Pinkett. Harold is survived by his wife of 25 years, the former Patricia Kruszka; sons, Harold R. Boltz, Jr., and his wife Gail; James Boltz, and his wife Lisa; Gary Oborski, and his wife, Janet; Jeff O’Borski and his wife, Jennifer; daughters, Darlene Sikora, Suzanne Pawlush, and her husband Daryl; grandchildren, Alicia Conley, Melinda and Jessica Boltz, and Brian Hoch; Jamison Blazick and Ryan Oborski; Joshua and Jason O’Borski; Trisha, Danielle and Jef-

aniel Marcinko, 88, of Nanticoke, passed away Friday, July D 8, 2011in Geisinger Wyoming Valley

Medical Center, Plains Township. Born October 1, 1922, in Nanticoke, he was the son of the late Stephen and Mary Gresh Marcinko. Daniel was a 1941 graduate of Nanticoke High School and a member of St. Faustina Parish, Nanticoke. While serving as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army during World War II, he was awarded the Philippine Liberation Ribbon and the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal. Preceding him in death were his wife, Helen; daughter Diane; sisters, Margaret Petro, Josephine ews. Shaulis, Ann Dalmas; and brother Funeral services will be held Stephen Marcinko. Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. from the Surviving are his two grandchil- Earl W. Lohman Funeral Home Inc., dren, which Daniel and Helen raised 14 W. Green St., Nanticoke, with a since they were toddlers, Rachael Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. Wasenda and her husband Nicholas, from St. Faustina Parish, at the Holy Nanticoke; Aaron, Nanticoke; great- Trinity Church site, with the Rev. grandchildren, Deyonna and Alyssa James Nash officiating. Interment Wasenda; sisters, Helen McCloskey, will be in St. Joseph’s Cemetery. Washington Crossings; Mary Mar- Friends may call Monday from 4 to 7 cinko, Nanticoke; nieces and neph- p.m.

FUNERALS BLAKESLEE, Clarence, funeral services at 2 p.m. today from the Joseph E. Lehman Funeral Home Inc., 403 Berwick St., White Haven. Friends may call at the funeral home from 11 a.m. until time of service. BROZZOSKI – Charlotte, funeral services at 9:30 a.m. Monday from the Gubbiotti Funeral Home, 1030 Wyoming Ave., Exeter. Funeral Divine Liturgy at 10 a.m. at St. Michael’s Byzantine Catholic Church, Pittston. Friends may call today from 5 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. DEVIZIA – Enrico, funeral services at 10 a.m. Monday in the Christian Assembly Church, 195 East Northampton Street, Wilkes-Barre. Friends may call today from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Nat & Gawlas Funeral Home, 89 Park Avenue, WilkesBarre and from 9 a.m. Monday until the time of services at the church. FRITZ – Mary Ann, funeral at 9:15 a.m. Monday from the Ruane & Regan Funeral Home, 1308 Grove St, Avoca. Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Dupont. Friends may call today from 4 to 7 p.m. GIMBI – Margaret, interment July 14 at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Township. Eulogies start at 1:30 p.m. at the cemetery chapel. A procession to the grave site will follow. HANDMAN – Edgar, shiva from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today at the home of John and Judi Handman, Glen Rock, N.J., also from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday and Tuesday at the home of Carl and Francie Handman, Kingston. HUBBELL – Pauline, graveside service at 2 p.m. July 16 at Canaan Corner’s Cemetery, Waymart. KOPEC – Andrew, Mass of Christian Burial at 11:30 a.m. Monday at Holy Name of Jesus Roman Catholic Church, 6150 Allentown

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arold R. Boltz Sr., 71, of NantiH coke, died July 5, 2011, in South Carolina in a motor vehicle acci-

Barnett, 90, of Elan Gardens, F ayClarks Summit, formerly of

Blvd., Harrisburg. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the Hoover Funeral Homes & Crematory Inc., 6011 Linglestown Rd., Linglestown. LOVE – Blanche, funeral services at 11 a.m. July 30 in the Mehoopany Methodist Church followed by a luncheon in the church basement. MIRCH – Michael, Mass of Christian Burial at noon Monday at St. Patrick’s R.C. Church, Church Street, Long Eddy, N.Y. Friends may call today from 2 to 5 p.m. at Kiesinger Funeral Services Inc., 255 McAlpine St., Duryea. PEARLMAN – Deborah, shiva from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today, Monday and Tuesday at the family residence, 554 Gibson Ave., Kingston. ROBERTS – George, funeral services at 7 p.m. Monday in the Luzerne United Methodist Church, 446 Bennett Street, Luzerne. Friends may call at the Luzerne United Methodist Church from 5 to 7 p.m. SCHULTZ – Bernadette, funeral at 9:30 a.m. Monday from MamaryDurkin Funeral Services, 59 Parrish St., Wilkes-Barre. Services at 10 a.m. in St. Anthony Maronite Church, Wilkes-Barre. Friends may call at the funeral home today from 2 to 5 p.m. SHELOSKI – Rose, friends may call from 3 to 5 p.m. today at the S. J. Grontkowski Funeral Home, 530 W. Main St., Plymouth. TEMPLETON – Richard J., funeral at 4:30 p.m. today at McLaughlin’s, 142 South Washington Street, Wilkes-Barre. Friends may call today from 3 to 4:30 p.m. TROCHYMCZUK – Lillian, services at 10:30 a.m. July 16 at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, 215 Lackawanna Ave., Dupont.

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frey Sikora; Gabrielle and Alexander Pawlush; one great-grandson, Trey. Friends may call Monday from 5 to 8 p.m. at Kearney Funeral Home, Inc., 173 E. Green St., Nanticoke. Funeral and interment will be private. In memory of Harold, contributions can be made to American Diabetes Association, Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation of America, M.A.D.D. or Operation Empty Arms, Conley Angels Fund, PNC Bank, 100 S. Wyoming Ave., Kingston, PA 18704.

Hayden E. Crilley July 8, 2011 Hayden E. Crilley, 95, of Mountain Top, died on Friday July 8, 2011 at the Mercy Center, Dallas. Born August 11, 1915, in Mauch Chunk, he was a son of the late Edward M. Crilley and Harriet (Newton) Crilley. Hayden attended Asa Packer High School, lettering in football, basketball and track. He served in the U.S. Army in World War II with the 5th Engineer Special Brigade as part of the Allied assault forces on Omaha Beach, Normandy, France on DDay on June 6, 1944. He received numerous medals and citations for his military service in Europe. In addition, he served in the 34th Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army, from 1934-1937. Prior to his reentry to the military, he worked as a locomotive fireman with the New Jersey Central Railroad. Following his return to the states in1945, he married Josephine Dulcey of Hazleton on April 22, 1946. He attended printing trade school and started his long career in the newspaper publishing business working at the Scranton Tribune and as a typesetter for the Wilkes-Barre Publishing Company until his retirement in 1978. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his wife, Josephine (Dulcey), in 2006, brothers, Frank and Robert; and a sister, Doris Miller. He is survived by a brother, Al-

bert Crilley and his wife, Caroline, of Allentown; and a sister Elinor Klotz and her husband Richard. of Lehighton; sons, Francis Crilley and wife Charlene, Mountain Top, Hayden D. Crilley, Arlington, Massachusetts; Robert Crilley, Safety Harbor, Florida; James Crilley and wife Annette, Mountain Top; Kevin Crilley and wife Michelle, Sumneytown, Pa.; Jerome Crilley, Swoyersville, and Brian Crilley and wife Elizabeth, Mountain Top; grandchildren, Denise, Lori, Chris, Naomi, Laura, Bridget, Jessica and Aspen, great-grandchildren; David, Allison, Jaden and Maya. He was a long-time member of St. Jude’s Roman Catholic Church , Mountain Top. An avid outdoorsman, he enjoyed hunting, fishing, and hiking, especially on his beloved State Game Lands 187 in Luzerne County. He was an NRA certified instructor, and served as an officer in the Wyoming Valley Chapter, PA Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs. Hayden also enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The funeral will be held on Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. from the McCune Funeral Home, 80 S. Mountain Blvd., Mountain Top, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Jude’s Church. Interment will follow in Calvary Cemetery, Drums. Friends may call on Monday from 5 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Mercy Center Chapel Supply Fund, Box 370, 301 Lake St., Dallas, PA 18612.

John ( Jack) R. Austin III July 5, 2011 (Jack) R. Austin III passed J ohn away unexpectedly of a massive

coronary on July 5, 2011 on his way home from work. He was employed at Phillips Sanitation at the time of his death. He was born in Wikes-Barre, on September 30, 1965, the son of the late John R. Austin Jr. He is survived by his mother Donna Simoson Devens, sisters, Sherri Austin Yeninas and husband George of Forty Fort and Lisa Billings and husband Thomas of Plymouth. Jack had three daughters, Holly Rivera, Florida; Deborah Austin, Texas, and Kristy Austin, Florida; five grandchildren; and six nieces and nephews. Jack was a No. 1 Phillies and Steelers fan. He loved music, drawing, camping, watching sports, and being with friends and family. He had a heart of gold and was always willing to lend a hand.

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Beverly T. Hollenback, a resident of Wesley Village, went home to be with the Lord on Thursday. She was the widow of Clayton Hollenback, who passed away in 2008. Born in New London, Conn., she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Julia Oliver Perry. Beverly was a member of the Independent Bible Church of Duryea and a volunteer at Wesley Village. The funeral service will be held at the Independent Bible Church of Duryea on Tuesday, July 12, 2011, at 11a.m. There will be a visitation from 10 a.m. until time of service at the church. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to the Ruane & Regan Funeral Home, 18 Kennedy St., Pittston. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Independent Bible Church of Duryea, P.O. Box 2093, Duryea, PA 18642.

Police fire tear gas at election protest rally Authorities arrest more than 1,600 who defied warnings by marching for reforms. By SEAN YOONG and EILEEN NG Associated Press

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — At least 20,000 Malaysians defied government warnings by marching for electoral reforms Saturday, as police fired tear gas and detained more than 1,600 in the country’s biggest political rally in four years. The crackdown on the opposition-backed demonstration in Malaysia’s main city, Kuala Lumpur, triggered criticism that Prime Minister Najib Razak’s long-ruling coalition was unwilling to allow public dissent or make election laws fairer ahead of national polls widely expected by mid-2012. Najib’s administration declared the rally illegal and warned people repeatedly over the past month to avoid it. Officials insisted it was simply an opposition scheme to spark chaos and stir anti-government sentiment, while activists accused authorities of being afraid of a protest that could undermine their authority. Authorities blocked roads, shut rail stations and deployed trucks with water cannons near the Independence Stadium in downtown Kuala Lumpur where activists sought to gather. More than 200 activists had been arrested over the past two weeks for promoting the rally. The large number of demonstrators who showed up despite the threat of arrests and the disruptions in transport links bolstered claims by activists that the government had misjudged public opinion by not allowing what would have been a peaceful rally.

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Openings in Pa. row offices draw interest In both parties, competition is fiercest for the post of attorney general. By PETER JACKSON Associated Press Writer

HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania’s statewide row offices have long been career springboards for ambitious politicians like those already lining up for the April primaries. Republican Tom Corbett, the former state attorney general, was inaugurated as governor in January. Democrat Bob Casey was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2006 after stints as treasurer and auditor general. And Mike Fisher, another ex-attorney general, was appointed to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia in 2003 by then-President George W. Bush. Next year, the offices of attorney general and auditor general will be open for the first time in eight years. Democrat Rob McCord plans to seek re-election as treasurer, said spokesman Michael Smith. Incumbent Attorney General Linda Kelly has said she won’t seek a full four-year term after she completes the year and a half left in Corbett’s term. Auditor General Jack Wagner must step down after completing the maximum two terms allowed by law. In both parties, competition is fiercest for the post of attorney general, the state’s chief law-enforcement officer, who manages a department of more than 700 people and earns a salary that is nearly $148,000 this year. Candidates and would-be candidates are crisscrossing the state to meet with local party leaders and raise money. At least two Democrats from eastern Pennsylvania have declared their candidacy for the nomination — former two-term U.S. Rep. Patrick Murphy and former Lackawanna County prosecutor Kathleen Kane — and a

third, Jenkintown lawyer Dan McCaffery, the younger brother of Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Seamus McCaffery, is expected to do so. Murphy, a lawyer and Iraq war veteran from Bucks County who launched his campaign a full year before the primary, says he has raised more than $600,000 so far. In 2004, Corbett eked out a narrow victory after spending nearly $4 million in his campaign. “This is a serious campaign for a serious position,” Murphy said in a telephone interview this week, referring to fundraising. The Republican Party, which has held the attorney general’s office since it became an elective office in 1980, may choose its nominee from a wider geographic spread. Third-term state Sen. John Rafferty, a former deputy attorney general from the Philadelphia suburbs, along with Cumberland County District Attorney David Freed in central Pennsylvania and Washington County District Attorney Steven Toprani in the southwestern corner, all confirmed Friday that they are considering seeking the GOP nod. Toprani said he plans to step down from his county post after his term ends in January, but Freed is running for re-election this year while he also contemplates competing for statewide office. “I have to temper that with (the fact that) l love what I do right now,” Freed said. The looming vacancy in the auditor general’s office — the state government’s fiscal watchdog — is drawing interest from thirdterm state Rep. Eugene DePasquale, a Democrat from York County. Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato, the Democratic nominee against Corbett in last year’s gubernatorial election, hasnotruledoutseekingthepost. On the Republican side, Chester County Treasurer Ann Duke said she is considering a campaign.

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each of the past three summers they’ve spent at the resort. They’ve learned a few tricks of the trade in that time. First, they soak the spuds in water overnight to remove the starch, Jamie Overmiller said. But weight distribution is most important, she said. That’s why Cy stuffed about 13 quarters into his potato’s skin – a strategy several contestants utilized. “We like the competition. We really want to win,” she said. Other competitors, including Marc Cuesta and his son, 8-yearold Joe, of West Chester, were equally determined. Their racer, “Spikey Mulch Guy,” didn’t fare too well in the first heat, flipping onto its side partway down the track. “We’ve got some work to do on your car,” Marc Cuesta said as he and other members of the potato pit crew hurriedly grabbed the tuber from the end of the track. “We need to give more room for the wheels. We gotta be more aerodynamic.” Modified ‘Mush’ The Cuestas worked feverishly on making the modifications before sending “Mush” back to the track for the second heat. Alas, their spud was a dud, losing a second time, eliminating it from the contest. Troy Collinge and his son, Quinten, 10, of Blandon, fared much better with their entry, “Baked Potato,” which was outfitted in aluminum foil and plastered with ketchup and mustard stickers. “Baked” wasn’t the prettiest of entrants, but he sure was fast. He sped down the track, beating all other contestants in the nonmodified division to win the contest. His secret? “I think the nose weight helped,” Troy Collinge said, pointing to quarters stuffed under the potato’s skin. “You need to keep the weight in the front to prevent it from flipping on its belly.” The Overmiller family also did well as “Squeaky Potato” took first place in the modified division (he was considered modified because he was a sweet potato, as opposed to a baking potato). “Mustang Sally” and “Missy Messy” also made it to the final round before losing. The race is the brainchild of Holiday, the resort’s social director for the past 12 years. Sparks creativity Holiday said he’s been running the popular potato races for the past nine years and is amazed at the creativity displayed. “One year we had a remote control potato with working lights,” he said. Some of the more creative entries this day included “Ghost Ship,” created by 5-year-old Morgan Dolaghan and her dad, Brian, of Nutley N.J. The family used popsicle sticks and electrical tape to transform her potato into an old-time pirate ship. Then there was El-Drago, a fire-breathing dragon created by Joey Sarkees of Thornton and her sons, J.W., 5, and Martin, 3. “It’s a fun thing to do with the kids. You get to decorate the potato and be creative,” Sarkees said. While everyone strives to have the fastest potato, awards are given in several other categories, including best design, most cre-

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Split Rock Resort guests cheer on their potato cars during a racing contest at the family resort at Lake Harmony. The potato races are held each Wednesday at 4 p.m. on the beach. Races are open to the public.

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This potato is all dolled-up to head into competition.

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The potato races are held each Wednesday at 4 p.m. on the beach at Split Rock Resort in Lake Harmony. Racing kits, including the potato, cost $6 and are available at the resort. All proceeds are donated to charity. The resort is private, but social director Doc Holiday said the races are open to the public.

ative and ugliest, Holiday said. The one award the potatoes don’t want to win? Tastiest, because, well, you know what that means.

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It’s just all about the racing.” Bednarsky is among a flock of diehards who pack the base of Giants Despair annually to watch the decommissioned race cars, suped-up muscle cars, weight-stripped rice rockets, classic European sports cars and anything else local backyard pit crews dream up to get them up the one-mile

WILKES-BARRE – City police reported the following: • David Hardin, 51, of South Grant Street was arrested Friday near South Main and Academy streets on an outstanding warrant for driving under the influence.

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Young Split Rock Resort guests watch their potato cars during a racing contest at the family resort at Lake Harmony.

Mykayla Millar of Abington shows off her potato car.

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“Mustang Sally” was created by Cy Overmiller of Gettysburg.

course as fast as they can. Eight-year-old Joseph Katarsky Jr. is part of the next generation of Hillclimb fans, and he’s grown up around race cars. His father, Joseph Katarsky Sr., of Harding, and his cousin Robert Katarsky are both veteran hill-climbers. “I like walking up the hill and watching the cars go by, and watching my dad,” the 8-year-old said, and moments later his dad did go driving by in his Formula V racer, returning from a lap.

• Jason Fell, 37,of New York was arrested Friday on North Washington Street on an outstanding warrant for burglary. • Christopher Boyle, 24, of North Washington Street, faces theft charges after, according to police, he entered the vehicle of Joan Marso, 69, of Nuangola, while it was parked at the Park

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Several members of the Overmiller family took part in the potato races held at Split Rock resort. From left: Noah Millar, 4, of Abington; Cy Overmiller, 11, Vashti Overmiller, 9, both of Gettysburg and Mykayla Millar of Abington.

“He worked every day on the car with his dad,” his mother, Jackie Katarsky said. “It’s so family-oriented here. It’s all families and they work to keep it that way.” Keith Bower of Wilkes-Barre said he is racing with his family in mind. His 15-year-old son Jeremiah was born nearly legally blind, but through the help of the Greater Wilkes-Barre Association of the Blind, he has strengthened his vision to the point he may one day get a Pennsylvania driver’s license.

and Lock Central on South Main Street Saturday and stole money and a credit card. BLACK CREEK TWP. – Franklin Schrader reported to state police that someone removed a motor from his boat as it was parked next to his home at 507 Main Street sometime between 10

When Bower bought a 1976 Caldwell D13 Formula V racer six years ago and joined the Pennsylvania Hill Climb circuit, he decided to put the blind association’s logo on the front of his car. “When we decided to go back racing again, we asked them if they’d like us to get the word out and we’ve been doing so ever since,” Bower said. And for Anthony Gabriesheski, of Boston, family is almost an excuse to watch the hill climb. “I grew up blocks from here and I

p.m. Thursday and 1:45 p.m. Friday. HAZLE TWP. – Donald Meiser of Hazleton said someone poured a red oily substance on the windshield of his car while it was parked at Walmart, 761 Airport Road, Thursday.

competed in the Hillclimb in the early ’70s,” Gabriesheski said. “We come here to see relatives and friends and time it to the Hillclimb.” And the race’s legions of devotees are growing. Eric George of Hazleton came to the event to promote Iron Hawg Custom Cycles and Wild Card Biker Accessories in Hazleton. “This is my first Hillclimb, and I’m hooked,” he said, as another race car took off from the starting line. The Giants Despair Hillclimb continues today on Laurel Run Road.

PLAINS TWP. – Police said they arrested David Gubbiotti II, 33, of Wilkes-Barre on evidence of drunken driving at approximately 12:17 a.m. Saturday. Police said they found Gubbiotti walking on Bald Mountain Road with mud on him. Gubbiotti told police he crashed his car into the woods and was stuck, police

said. Police said they observed signs of alcohol impairment from Gubbiotti and took him into custody. He was transported to WilkesBarre General Hospital for a blood alcohol content test and released, police said. Charges are pending the result of the blood test. He was not injured, police said.

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Tracking area’s rich history in railroading

Area actors perform to fund WVCA

By HOLLY VAN LEUVEN For The Times Leader

hen the story of Rajesh Nahar, the oncologist-turned-actor, appeared in The Times Leader on June 5, he had never performed in a local stage production. When Rose Marie Wright first read Nahar’s story, her husband, Robert Anderson, had not fully cast his play “The Cat, the Sun, and the Mirror.” Wright encouraged her husband to take notice of Nahar’s promising credentials. Soon, Nahar will have another theater credit on his resume and the Wyoming Valley will be able to see him — and a host of the area’s best talents — act in a benefit performance of Anderson’s play.

It will be staged July 16 at Canteen 900 in Forty Fort: the place largely responsible for allowing Anderson’s vision to be realized. Anderson, 65, spent many years as a successful playwright in New Bedford, Mass., while allowing his affinity for eclectic and experimental theater to flourish. In 1995, he founded Teatro Gumbo Limbo, a production company whose members went on to perform many of his plays and satires. He also founded a giant puppet troupe in New Bedford with Vinny Lovegrove called Miracle Fish Puppet Theater. Together, Lovegrove and Anderson created the play “Manjiro: An Oddysey.” See ACT, Page 7B

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The cast of ‘The Cat, the Sun and the Mirror’ are, first row seated, Keri Irace, James Pennington, Dr. Rajesh Nahar; second row standing, Matthew S. Hinton and narrator/writer Robert A. Anderson. Funds from the play will benefit the Wyoming Valley Children’s Association and will be held at Canteen 900.

What: “The Cat, the Sun, and the Mirror” a play for all ages by Robert A. Anderson and Edward C. Sullivan Where: Canteen 900, 900 Rutter Ave., Forty Fort When: Saturday, July 16 at 4:30, run time approximately 1 hour Admission: $12 for adults or $6 for students with ID. All ticket sales benefit Wyoming Valley Children’s Association. For information or reservations: 570-338-2547

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im Haggerty is a practicing attorney at the Law Office of James J. Haggerty in Kingston. He has also served as the mayor of Kingston since 1998. Haggerty, 45, is a graduate of Wyoming Valley West High School and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, from where he received a bachelor’s degree in management science. He attended MIT on a full United States Army ROTC scholarship, earned his airborne wings, and later studied law at Georgetown University. While there, he also served in the National Guard and commanded a tank unit. He lives in Kingston. Tell us a little about your practice. “I am your classic general practicing solo attorney. I handle everything that a person might need. Wills, divorces, criminal troubles, business planning things of that sort.” What do you enjoy most about practicing law? “You can really make a difference in people’s lives. You can help them with the most serious problems and issues that they will ever

encounter. You have a unique opportunity to do good things for good people.” What led you to politics? “In 1997, Kingston was in poor financial shape. We were recovering from near bankruptcy in 1993 and 1994. Our image was tarnished. And the community needed to be reformed. The question was ‘Who among us was going to run for office and take on the responsibility of fixing what needed to be fixed?’ I thought, based on my

education and my experience and my background, that I had something to offer to my community. And I was fortunate enough to win the election.” Favorite color? “Maroon — for Kingston and Valley West.” Music? “I like ’70s guitar stuff. But not just BTO and the Doobie Brothers and that kind of stuff. I love England Dan & John Ford Coley. I like acts like Lobo, Poco and Firefall. That’s my favorite kind of music. I’m also a big fan of Toby Keith.

And I’m a Parrothead. Jimmy Buffett.” Follow sports? “I am a Boston sports fan. I lived in Boston for eight years, about a 20 minute walk from Fenway Park. I used to go to about 30 games a year. I’m also a Patriots fan. I had the good fortune to go to a Super Bowl and see the Patriots play Carolina, which was won on a last-second field goal. And I had the See MEET, Page 10B

rom the mid-1800s to the mid-1900s the coal mines constituted Northeastern Pennsylvania’s biggest employer. But many people today, including genealogists, are unaware that the railroad was also a major employer. So here’s a primer for genealogists on understanding your railroad ancestry. Climb aboard and let’s take a scenic tour through some vital information. What railroads operated here? The major lines were the Lehigh Valley, the Central of New Jersey (Jersey Central) the D&H (Delaware and Hudson) and the DL&W (Delaware, Lackawanna and Western). Smaller lines appeared from time to time, and large out-of-area rail companies could rent track use. What did the railroads carry? Anthracite coal was carried from Northeastern Pennsylvania to Philadelphia, New York City and other destinations by rail beginning even before the Civil War when railroads began to supplant the old canal systems. In fact, it was anthracite that made the railroads profitable. Spur lines sometimes ran from mines to nearby rail tracks. The famous Ashley Planes was a system of winches to help fully loaded trains up the mountain. What about passenger traffic? From the mid-19th to the mid-20th century people made mid-range and long-range trips primarily by rail. In the 1800s even a trip from — for instance — Wilkes-Barre to Nanticoke and back would be made by train. Nearly every local community had its passenger and freight stations centrally located, often surrounded by hotels and restaurants for the convenience of travelers. In Wilkes-Barre by 1880 the area between Pennsylvania Avenue and Baltimore Street (Wilkes-Barre Boulevard) was a sea of tracks. By the early 20th century, electric streetcars and the interurban Laurel Line electric commuter system handled the shorter local trips. What jobs were performed on the railroads? Here’s where we really get into genealogy. At the top of the heap— the equivalent of airline pilots today — were engineers and conductors. Hard-working young men could rise to those posts by starting as mechanics, brakemen, oilers or other specialties in local facilities such as the Ashley Yards or the Coxton Yards. Of course the rail lines required ticket agents, baggage men, freight handlers and “yard jockeys” to form up the trains each day, to say nothing of the people who kept the passenger cars and stations clean, maintained the electric signals or removed snow from the tracks. Railroads also had roundhouses, facilities where engines were repaired and rehabbed. Incidentally, the Vulcan Iron Works in Wilkes-Barre, with hundreds of employees, manufactured locomotives. American Car and Foundry (Berwick) made rail cars. What were the dangers of railroading? Genealogists should be aware that, given the relative numbers of employees, railroading might have been even more dangerous than mining. Every year in Luzerne County alone 20 or 30 men (at least) would be killed on the job. The busy rail yards, where engines and cars were in constant motion, accounted for many of those fatalities. There were also a few instances of heavy freight trains losing their brakes while descending a mountain. Particularly in the 1800s, wrecks sometimes took the lives of many passengers. How can I learn more about the area railroads where my ancestors worked? Visit the Luzerne County Historical Society where you can read the railroad chapters of “Valley Views” and the railroad sections from the Phillips Collection. Local libraries have books of area railroad photos. Check out www.laurellines.org, the website of the Lackawanna and Luzerne Counties Chapter of the National Railroad Historical Society. Many old railroads have devotees today who maintain historical websites. Of course you can visit Steamtown, the historic site in Scranton.

Tom Mooney is a Times Leader genealogy columnist. Reach him at tmooney2@ptd.net.

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r. and Mrs. Joseph DePrimo, Ransom, Pa., are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Danielle Marie LaCoe to Dr. Michael Neshan Vranian, son of Dr. and Mrs. N. Michael Vranian, Richmond, Va. The bride-to-be is a graduate of Abington Heights High School and Drexel University and earned her Juris Doctor from the University of Richmond. She began her practice in Richmond, Va., and is a civil defense attorney at Baxter, Baker, Sidle, Conn & Jones P.A. in Baltimore, Md. The prospective groom is a graduate of the University of Virginia and earned his medical degree from the Medical College of Virginia. He is completing his residency program at Johns Hopkins University Hospital in Baltimore, Md. A June 2012 wedding is planned.

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he children of William and Leona Kowelski Landmesser, Larksville, are happy to announce their parents’ 45th wedding anniversary. Bill and Lee were married July 9, 1966, at the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Plymouth. Attendants were Susan Behme, dear friend of the bride, and Thomas Landmesser, brother of the groom. William is the son of the late George and Agnes Landmesser, WilkesBarre. Leona is the daughter of the late Mary Kowelski, Larksville. They have been blessed with two children and four grandchildren, Patricia Ann and her son, Nicholas, Edwardsville, and David and his wife, Kimm, and their children, Abby, Doug and Lindsay, Shavertown. They celebrated their special day during a romantic weekend in Annapolis, Md., and will also be vacationing with dear friends in the Dominican Republic.

ennifer Ann Yedloski and Pietro Randazzo, together with their families, are pleased to announce their engagement and upcoming marriage. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Ronald and Linda Yedloski, WilkesBarre. She is the granddaughter of the late Isadore and Alberta Yedlowski, Ashley, and Anthony and Helen Karis, Upper Askam. The prospective groom is the son of Giuseppe Randazzo and Maria Randazzo, both of Carini, Italy. He is the grandson of the late Pietro and Rosalia Randazzo and Giuseppe and Cecilia Mannino, all of Carini, Italy. Jennifer is a graduate of E.L. Meyers High School. She earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from Misericordia University and her master’s degree in psychology from University of Phoenix. Pietro is a graduate of Liceo Linguistico Provinciale di Palermo. He earned his degree in language arts. The couple is planning a fall wedding.

r. and Mrs. Marvin Owen Baer, Shickshinny, celebrated their M 56th wedding anniversary June 28.

They were married June 28, 1955, at Muhlenburg Parsonage by the Rev. Oscar Saxe. The late Mary Alice Wandell Lanning and the late Donald Lanning were their attendants. Mrs. Baer is the former Gloria Lanning, daughter of the late Ernest and Devota Longenburger Lanning. Mr. Baer is the son of the late Lester and Gertrude Haas Baer. Marvin and Gloria have two daughters, Darcy and her husband, Daniel Baluka, South Carolina, and Diane and her husband, Eugene Marvin, Muhlenburg. The couple has four grandchildren, Candice Baluka and Stephen Baluka, South Carolina, and Tonya Marvin Cumberland and Joelle Marvin, Muhlenburg. They also have two greatgrandchildren, Caleb and Garrett Cumberland, Muhlenburg. An anniversary party was held at the home of their daughter Diane in Muhlenburg.

our generations of Jean Bartosh’s family and other family members F and friends are gathering today, July

10, to celebrate her 90th birthday. Representing the four generations, from left, are daughter Jeanne Kapral, Bartosh and granddaughter Regina holding great-granddaughter Mercedes.

Ian T. Schager baptized Thomas Schagson of Brandon Iander,anDeanna Schager, was baptized June 26 in Holy Name/St. Mary’s Church, Swoyersville, by Deacon

George. Ian was born Jan. 24, 2011, at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center. Ian’s godfather is his uncle Benjamin Bickford and his godmother is his aunt Lesley Bickford, both of Emporium. He is the grandson of Donald and Sandra Bickford and Thomas and Lori Schager, all of Emporium. Ian has a sister, Novella Nelson, 8. A lunch for family was held in Ian’s honor at Schager’s in Swoyersville.

OUT-OF-TOWN DEANS’ LISTS College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Mass.

Tolbert, Yanik

Allison Matous, Wilkes-Barre.

mber Tolbert and Christopher Yanik, together with their famA ilies, are pleased to announce their

Delaware Valley College, Doylestown

engagement and approaching marriage. The bride-to-be is the daughter of John Tolbert, Nanticoke, and Linda Jagger, Harveys Lake. Amber is a 1996 graduate of LakeLehman High School. She earned two associates’ degrees from Luzerne County Community College and a bachelor’s degree in art education from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania in 2005. Amber is employed by the Bear Creek Community Charter School as the K-8 art teacher. The prospective groom is the son of Glenn and Marianne Yanik, Dallas. Chris is a 1997 graduate of Bishop O’Reilly High School. He earned an associate’s degree in liberal arts from Lackawanna College in 1999 and a Bachelor of Science degree in crime, law and justice with a minor in sociology from The Pennsylvania State University in 2006. Chris was honorably discharged from the U.S. Army in 2003 after serving in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. The couple will exchange vows on July 29, 2011, at St. Monica’s Parish, West Wyoming, with the Rev. Leo McKernan officiating and the Rev. Daniel Toomey as the co-celebrant.

HONOR ROLL Fairview Elementary School Ronald Grevera, principal, Fairview Elementary School, recently announced the following sixth-grade students who attained Principal’s List and High Honors for the fourth quarter of the 2010-2011 school year. Principal’s List: Lauren

Kathleen Jacobs, Hazle Township; Wendy Wakefield, Albrightsville; Laura Shane, Lattimer; Veronica Jacober, Sugarloaf; Jordan Heisler, Tamaqua; Jessica Bensinger, Tamaqua; Kristi LaTourette, Honesdale; Catherine Novak, Duryea; Sophia Terry, Swoyersville; John Finor Jr., Mountain Top; and Michael Kachurak, Mountain Top.

The Yenchas The Kamuses lfred and Ruth Kamus, formerly A of Pringle, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on June 3. They

were married June 3, 1961, at St. Hedwig’s Church, Kingston. Ruth is the former Ruth Lowcavage from Pringle. Alfred was originally from Swoyersville They celebrated the occasion at The Manor, West Orange, N.J., with their daughter, son-in-law and three grandchildren. The couple resides in New Jersey.

Anderson, Zachary Anderson, Suraj Dalsania, Marlee Dillon, Joshua Edwards, Natalie Everett, Samantha Forgatch, Kyle Gegaris, Alexa Hady, Cara Henahan, Nicholas Jones, Kyle Katra, John Kehl, Aaron Keller, Michael Kozelsky, Noah Kulp, David Lackenmier, Emily Lehman, Samuel Majdic, Abigail Martino, Lauren Rowski, Gwyneth Shermanski, Rachel Speck, Curtis Tokach, Jacob Way, Justin Whetstone.

High Honors List: Alyssa Allen, Ashton Balliet, Anna Clark, Sara DeSino, Maria Ellis, AlexisTaylor Ermish Gattuso, Anna Fox, Kate Garcia, James Graves, Huntier Hashagen, Taylor Herron, Megan Hudock, Brandy Jones, Danielle Jones, Jeremy Jones, Adam Keil, Jordan Kotowski, Nina McCormack, Kaitlyn McLaughlin, Neil Simasek, Jennifer Soto, Nicole Teberio, Gianna Uhl, Michael Ullman.

r. and Mrs. Myron W. Yencha, Wilkes-Barre, celebrated their M 50th wedding anniversary July 8,

2011. They were married in Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Plains Township, by the late Monsignor Joseph B. Pilny. Mrs. Yencha is the former Mildred C. Rudda, daughter of the late Walter and Martha Rudda, Wilkes-Barre. She is employed by the Wilkes-Barre Area School District as a secretary at Dodson Elementary School. Mr. Yencha is the son of the late John A. and Mary Yencha, WilkesBarre. He is a veteran of the United States Marine Corps and retired from PNC Bank as a group vice president and manager of institutional investments. He is a part-time employee at Motorworld. The couple has three children, U.S. Navy Captain Myron W. Yencha Jr., M.D., and his wife, Vanessa, Pleasant Prairie, Wis.; Michael W. Yencha, Wilkes-Barre; and Christine M. Dunleavy and her husband, Michael, Wilkes-Barre. They have two grandchildren, Marie Colleen Yencha and Caroline Ruth Yencha, Pleasant Prairie, Wis. To commemorate the occasion, they attended the wedding anniversary Mass celebrated by Bishop Joseph C. Bambera at St. Peter’s Cathedral, Scranton, on June 5, 2011. A family dinner is planned.

The Scappaticcis r. and Mrs. F. Thomas ScappatD icci celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary July 8 with the

renewal of their vows at St. Nicholas Church and a family dinner reception at the St. Maria Goretti Parish Center. The couple was married July 8, 1961, at Most Precious Blood Church, Hazleton, by the late Rev. Arthur Ferrari. Linda Gennaro is the daughter of the late Emil and Rose Gennaro, Hazleton. Tom Scappaticci is the son of the late Folco and Gaetana Scappaticci, Sleepy Hollow, N.Y. Dr. Scappaticci is a graduate of King’s College and Millersville and Lehigh universities. He is a retired professor of education at King’s College. Mrs. Scappaticci is a graduate of Misericordia University. She worked for several years in the Upward Bound Program at Wilkes University. The couple are the parents of five children: Geralyn, married to Joseph Muth, Wilkes-Barre; Thomas, married to Maria Kosco, West Wyoming; Christopher, married to Laura Khalil, Kutztown; Andrew and fiancé, Ali LeBadie, Allentown; and Justin and girlfriend, Suzi Hendler, York. They have 10 grandchildren, Amy, Allison and Abby Muth; Julianna and Isabella Scappaticci; Renza and Marcello Scappaticci; Tyler Evans; and Nicholas and Holly Hendler.

Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York Paige Bronsburg, West Wyoming.

Providence College, Providence, R.I. Jaime Lipski, Dallas.

Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Ind. Amber Triano, Tamaqua.

West Chester University, West Chester

Gina M. Biagiotti, Swoyersville; Allison R. Kleinman, Dallas; Kathleen McNulty, Wilkes-Barre; and Timothy Kuscavage, Kingston.

Western New England College, Springfield, Mass.

Jacob T. Eastman, Meshoppen.

Widener University School of Law, Harrisburg Ryan Molitoris, Plains Township.

Widener University School of Law, Wilmington, Del. Sheri Flannery, Laflin.

OUT-OF-TOWN GRADUATES Widener University School of Law, Harrisburg

Daniel DiMaria, Forty Fort; Richard Frank, Wilkes-Barre; Joseph Jerrytone, Falls; and Michael Sklarosky, Plains Township, all earned Juris Doctor degrees.

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BIRTHS Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center Bley, Jaqueline and Kenneth Schefler, Thornhurst, a son, June 19. Peruchetti, Jennifer and Matthew, Freeland, a daughter, June 20. Lindsay, Sarena and Kareem Hough, Plains Township, a daughter, June 20. Hollister, Dystiny and Jamie Turner, Tunkhannock, a son, June 20. Minnick, Margaret and Timothy, Plains Township, a daughter, June 20.

Students awarded by Burger King program

Richendrefer, Mary and Robert, Hanover Township, a daughter, June 20.

Rachel Gill, Wyoming Valley West High School, and Samantha Hurtt, Pittston Area High School, were recipients of $1,000 scholarships from PDM Co., the local Burger King franchise. Seven scholarships were awarded through the Burger King Scholars program. At the presentation, from left: Bill Lulewicz, manager; Gill; Hurtt; and Brian Coombs, director of training.

Shaffer, Linda and Luis Caballero, Nanticoke, a daughter, June 21. Tressa, Amiee and Wesley Marcincavage, Inkerman, a son, June 21.

Seminary students receive President’s Educational Excellence Awards Wyoming Seminary Upper School presented 33 students with the President’s Educational Excellence Award during the school’s Awards Day assembly held prior to commencement. The award is given to graduating seniors who have attained an A average or equivalent during their junior and senior years and received a score placing them at or above the 85 percentile on any nationally recognized college admissions examination. The award was established by President Ronald Reagan in 1983 to encourage students to achieve high academic standards. At the awards presentation, from left, first row: Shi Yu Shen, Yunnan, China, P.R.C.; Caroline Meuser, Shavertown; Cicely Hazell, Georgetown, Texas; and Eujean Cheong, Seoul, South Korea. Second row: Rachel Statler, Greencastle; Christine Corson, Lake Harmony; June Young Park, Anyang, South Korea; Ting-Hung Yang, Kaosiung City, China; Lin Anne Yeung, Hong Kong, China, P.R.C.; and Kelsey Gosselin, Old Forge. Third row: Meghan Hourigan, Mountain Top; Annabelle Jones, Homer, N.Y.; Rebecca Hosey, Danville; Sergey Ivanov, Trucksville; Larissa Bohn, Swoyersville; Lauren Anthony, Kingston; and Sarah Knaggs, Mercersburg. Fourth row: Brianna Wise, Shavertown; Madeleine Burg, Kingston; Danielle Sekel, Harding; and Carly Sokach, West Pittston. Fifth row: Patrick McMullan, Easton; Evan Leas, Shavertown; Bijoy Ghosh, Dallas; Joseph Zack, Hanover Green; Joshua McLucas, Chambersburg; James Curtis, Dallas; Jared Gollhardt, Dallas; and Adam Morris, Mechanicsburg. Also receiving the award were Lina Bader, Mountain Top; Dustin Magaziner, Cherry Hill, N.J.; John Moore Jr., Plains Township; and Jessica Swoboda, Hanover Township.

Albertson, Susan and Charles, WilkesBarre, a daughter, June 21. Pearson, Nadia and Fletcher Harris, Wilkes-Barre, a daughter, June 21. Babel, Nicole and Ramell Smith, WilkesBarre, a daughter, June 21. Ramirez, Anna and Miguel, Wilkes-Barre, a daughter, June 21. Fredericks, Melissa and Michael Spickerman, Tunkhannock, a son, June 22. Rivera, Molly and Jose, Factoryville, a son, June 22. DeSando, Amanda and Walter Zindle, Dunmore, a daughter, June 22. Collado, Katiria and Shameer Hakim, Tresckow, a son, June 22. Proof, Jessica and Donald Remington Jr., Laceyville, a son, June 23. Lechak, Corina and Robert Novak, Wilkes-Barre, a son, June 23. Kurlandski, Angela and Mark, Mountain Top, a daughter, June 23. Sorrentino, Jessica and David Hettler, Lansford, a daughter, June 24. Selner, Sarah and Chad, Plymouth Township, a son, June 24. Quick, Danielle and Daniel, Scranton, a daughter, June 25.

Students battle it out in book competition Students in grades 4-6 at Fairview Elementary recently participated in the inaugural ‘Battle of the Books.’ Teams of students read 10 books and then competed against each other by answering questions. Sixteen teams participated and the final round of competition took place in front of the entire student body. The winning team was Unknown Mismatches, a group of fifth-grade girls. The winners earned a spot on a trophy that will be displayed in the school library. Members of Unknown Mismatches, from left, first row, are Caitlyn Kline and Lauren Reidinger. Second row: Andrea Shipton, Lauren Shiplett, Lauren Lamarca, Priya Patel and Ron Grevera, principal.

Rossi, Erin and R.J., West Pittston, a son, June 25. Spencer, Melissa and Theodore, Nanticoke, a daughter, June 26. Rushton, Lauren and Darren Battle, Wilkes-Barre, twin daughters, June 26. Buscavage, Brittany and Jeremy Johnson, Tunkhannock, a son, June 26.

Hanover Area students learn how money matters

Kalinay, Brittany and Dwayne, Plymouth, a daughter, June 27.

Junior and senior students from Hanover Area Junior-Senior High School recently participated in the program, ‘Money Matters,’ presented by the Wilkes University SIFE in cooperation with Choice One Community Credit Union. Students used workbooks provided by Choice One to cover different topics and apply their math skills to calculate loan payments, interest amounts, credit payments and budget development. Bridget Turel, Dina Udomsak and Raina Connor from Wilkes University made media presentations providing detailed answers. Participants, from left, first row, are Mike Kline, Dale Chamberlain, Seth Skoloda, Vinney Kowley, Pete Hodgson and Dave Buranich. Second row: Udomsak, SIFE adviser; Tiffany Timmons; Courtney Kaufer; Devin Brown; Leeanna Little; Devin Smith; Kayla Ankner; Connor; and Turel, SIFE adviser. Third row: James Liephart, Matt Richards, Anthony Cohen, Jayshawn Salinas, Pat Wallace, Paul Weisgerber and Marissa Brandwein.

Winternute, Michelle and Matthew Edward Joseph Mucker, Mehoopany, a son, June 27. Voorhees, Sarah and Randy, Lake Winola, a daughter, June 27. Brown, Lauren and Thomas Frankowki, Nanticoke, a daughter, June 28. Franks, Courtney and Craig Harger, Nanticoke, a daughter, June 28. Jackson, Amy and Jonathan Townes, Kingston, a daughter, June 29. Perschau, Natasha and Prescott Gensel, Nanticoke, a son, June 29. Cosloskey, Ariel, Pringle, a daughter, June 30. Ceppa, Alissa and Dave, Ashley, a son, June 30. Gray, Marjorie and Todd, Scranton, a son, June 30.

Levi Sprague fellows named at Seminary Wyoming Seminary College Preparatory School recently announced the 2011-2012 recipients of the Levi Sprague Fellowships. The fellowship honors student leaders in academic, athletic and extracurricular life. It also fosters a close and positive relationship between the day and boarding communities of the school. Recognized students receive full room and board for their senior year and must agree to board on campus. Levi Sprague Fellows, from left: Renata O’Donnell, Wilkes-Barre; Sean Banul, Pittston; Kristian Stefanides, Forty Fort; Bethany Brody, Edwardsville; Dominick Malone, Granby, Conn.; and Seo Jin Oh, Seoul, South Korea.

Vieney, Isis, Wilkes-Barre, a son, June 30.

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Gate of Heaven students excel at Junior Academy of Science competition Students from Gate of Heaven School recently participated in the state competition of the Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science. Fifteen students presented their projects using the scientific method at King’s College in March. All of them received first-place awards which qualified them for the state competition. Gate of Heaven School received a plaque certifying the 100% award placement. Seventh- and eighth-grade award winners, from left, first row, are Anthony Huntington, Julia Adonizio, Jillian Ambrose, Cameron Brennan, Liam Frederick, Tony Serino, Molly Hampsey and Victoria Fulton. Second row: Maegan Wrubel, Jamie Carty, Zachary Corey and Kristin Kalish. Third row: Michael Gatusky, Maria Khoudary, Jade Broody, and Janice Szczechowicz.

Heil, Julia and Jason Brown, Plymouth, a son, June 27. Freiters, Julie and David Young, Plymouth, a son, June 27. Sherin, Kelley and Stephen, WilkesBarre, a son, June 27. Reed, Angelique and Jerry Roegner, Kingston, a son, June 28. Hartman, Brooke and Mike Jayne, Nanticoke, a daughter, June 28. Rivera, Jennifer and George Walley, Wilkes-Barre, a son, June 29. Jones, Elizabeth and John Welgos, Plains Township, a son, June 29. Malloy, Ann Marie and Daniel, Hanover Township, twin daughters, June 30. Garringer, Rachel and Robert Jr., Hanover Township, a daughter, June 30. Kotz, Renee Ann and Raymond Edward Sipple III, Hanover Township, a son, June 30. King, Shelly Marie and Shawn Michael Rubin, Edwardsville, a son, June 30. Judd, Megan and Kevin, Hazleton, a son, July 1.

UHI kindergarteners graduate United Hebrew Institute recently conducted graduation ceremonies for the kindergarten class in the Weiss Auditorium of the Jewish Community Center. Following a procession of the graduates, the national anthem was sung and the students presented their program entitled ‘The Best Month,’ under the direction of Geveret Sophie Pernikoff, Judaic studies teacher, and Nicole Klapat, general studies teacher. They were accompanied by Sandra Himelstein on the piano. Rabbi Raphael Nemetsky, principal, addressed the graduates and their families, followed by the presentation of diplomas. Special certificates of honor were also awarded to the students. Following the recessional, the parents held a reception in honor of the children. The graduation chairpersons were Jodi Stone and Malka Seewald. At the graduation ceremony, from left, first row, are Chloe Levi, Chaya Seewald, Lia Stone and Juliana Good. Second row: Klapat, Gavin Lehner, Elizabeth Aronzon, Yechezkel Rizel and Pernikoff.

Cavanaugh, Kristen and Joseph Jr., Mountain Top, a daughter, July 1. Bohinski, Dania and Joshua, Hunlock Creek, a daughter, July 1.

GAR SADD club raises money for Red Cross The SADD Club from GAR Memorial Junior-Senior High School recently presented a check for $450 to the Wyoming Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross. The money was raised from various fundraisers sponsored by the club throughout the school year. The club also installed the following officers for the new school year: Justin McCarthy, president; Edgar Tapia, vice president; Steven Tyson, treasurer; and Jessica Pacheco, secretary. At the check presentation, from left, first row, are Jessica Pacheco, Sam Forst, Mikol Durling, Chris Stortz, Justin McCarthy and Amy George, Wyoming Valley Chapter American Red Cross. Second row: Melanie Draus, prevention specialist, Wyoming Valley Alcohol and Drug Services Inc.; Hector Izaguirre; Edgar Tapia; Steven Tyson; and Tom Thackara, SADD adviser and teacher.

Dymond, Courtney and Timothy, Kingston, a son, July 2. Kasisky, Monique and Errol Walcott, Hanover Township, a daughter, July 2. Suchoski, Dawna and Matthew, Plains Township, a son, July 3. Christmas, Stacy Draus and Scott, Laflin, a daughter, July 4. Miscavage, Maura and Jason, WilkesBarre, a daughter, July 4.

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HONOR ROLL Holy Redeemer High School Anita M. Sirak, principal, Holy Redeemer High School, Wilkes-Barre, recently announced that the following students have attained High Honors and/or Honors for the Fourth Quarter. Grade 12: High Honors: Alycia AlSaigh, Dino Arcuri, Alex Bedrin, Meagan Benner, Colleen Burns, Daniel Byorick, Laura Campbell, Allison Capaci, Marisa Del Gaudio, Michael Dogal, Marissa Dougherty, Adam Dunsmuir, Jessica Elston, Andrew Federo, Yuri Filak, Meghan Flannagan, Matthew Fromel, Stephen Gadomski, Daniel Geraghty, Arthur Gialanella, Bridget Guarnieri, Emily Halbing, Maria Heaney, Thomas Hogan, Peter Kmec, Sarah Kolodziej, Julia Kundratic, Timothy Lambert, Courtney Lee, Jennifer Manganello, Meredith Martin, Samantha Martin, Maria Micca, Monica Morgan, Connor Murphy, Michael Napkori, Louis Oley, Danielle Phillips, Alyssa Pope, Deena Prescavage, Victoria Rendina, Rebecca Richards, Stephen Ruch, Erin Ryan, Katelyn Serino, Michael Simon, Stephen Skiro, Allison Spencer, Karley Stasko, Jessica Szczechowicz, Zachary Tomasura, Amanda Urbanski, AnnMarie Wempa, Amy Wert and Erin Yanoshak. Honors: Nathan Albrecht, Peter Alexis, Marissa Angradi, Brandon Baker, Sarah Benczkowski, Nicholas Bogumil, Kyle Boyes, Joseph Bruno, Patrick Caffrey, Austin Carr, Paul Chmil, Sarah Crane, Donald DeRemer, Jessica DiBernardo, Alexandra Dillon, Kelly Dougherty, Olivia Francisco, Mary Frank, Brian Ghezzi, John Gibbons, Sarah Godfrey, Sarah Griffiths, Mary Griseto, Kristie Ho, Christopher Honeywell, Brittany Hughes, Sara Jackson, Daniel Kopicki, Melissa Larralde, Glenn Layaou, III, William Lewis III, Adam Limongelli, Alexandra Marriggi, Nicole Maximowicz, John McCarthy, Ashley McFarlane, Timothy Mike, Nicholas Morrison, Victoria Mosca, Michael Pace, Kelsey Polachek, Theodore Ritsick, Carin Roman, Nicole Sandrowicz, Matthew Seasock, Andrew Seman, Shawn Senese, Jacob Siejak, Sarah Skiro, Leah Smart, Kiera Stachowiak, Emily Steele, Kelsey Wolsieffer, Carly Zaklukiewicz and Kelly Zirnheld. Grade 1 1: High Honors: Michael Ambrulavage, Stephanie Amendola, Michael Banas, Allison Banks, Ashley Bernardi, Lauren Bernardi, Tessa Boyle, Casey Brelsford, Jeffrey Capaci, Sara Cavanaugh, William Cavanaugh, Angela Costigan, Matthew Craven, Shaina Dougherty, Thomas Doyle, Brandon Drust, Patrick Duffy, Dalton Ell, Mary Katherine Evans, Zachary Evans, Elizabeth Finnegan, David Gawlas, Nadia Gentilesco, Arisa Gereda, Kelly Grebeck, Sarina Hall, Nathan Janiczek, Zachary Janusziewicz, Eric Jones, Kurt Jones, Christopher Kabacinski, Jessica Kreidler, Jared Kukosky, Brianna Ligotski, Paige Makowski, Michael Martin, Kara McGrane, Daniel McGraw, Amy McLaughlin Joseph Melf, Shannon Murray, Allison Muth, James Nixon, Jarrod Pavelitz, Devin Phillips, Nicole Phillips, Christina Pino, Alexandra Pugh, Eric Ringsdorf, Joseph Ruiz, Leah Santucci, Rachel Simon, Matthew Sipsky, Kirby Smith, Raymond Stemrich, Tara Stephens, Emily Suchocki, Sarah Suchoski, Margaret Sullivan, Michael Terninko, Cody Tsevdos, Elsbeth Turcan, Mary Urbanski, Michael Vamos, Kimberly Waters, Jackson Welch, Julia Wignot, Erin Williams, Robert Wingert, Andrea Zupko and Olivia Zurad. Honors: Mario Adajar IV, Kara Anders, Robert Arensmeyer III, Kathleen Bell, Daniel Belsky, David Bertram, Ariana Brennan, Michael Brown, Jordan Cadwalader, Kyle Callahan, Sarah Cease,

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Ryan DeRemer, Amber Desiderio, Michelle Druby, Ryan English, Megan Ferrell, Ronald Foy, III, William Fulton, Matthew Geraghty, Alexandra Griswold, Ryan Heck, Francis Hickey, Kristen Kabacinski, Alexa Kalafut, Abigail Keefe, Elizabeth Knaub, Courtney Kreidler, Jessica Kupetz, Rebecca Makar, Alyssa Miller, Thomas Murray, Dylan Myslowski, Elizabeth Nicholas, Joel Peterlin, Dominick Policare, Hallie M. Rexer, Danielle Rose, Jessica Ruppert, Michael Rychwalski, Vera Sedlak, Alexandra Serra, Collin Shandra, Abigail Staskiel, Stephanie Sullin, Monica Theroux, Christopher Thoma, William Trimblett, Olivia Vitali, Ian Wagner, Lindsee Waldron, Marissa Walker, Meeghan Walton and Marissa Warnick. Grade 10: High Honors: Jeremy Astolfi, Emily Becker, Christine Betar, Michael Blaine, Bethany Chmil, Cormelia Chmil, Matthew Collins, Marissa Durako, Shane Flannery, Cassandra Gill, Danielle Gorski, Tricia Harenza, Jeremy Heiser, Louis Jablowski, Cody Januszko, Maria Sara Kopczynski, Kellie Kopko, Sydney Kotch, John Kozak, Brendan Leahigh, Patrick Loftus, Michael Mocion, Michael Morrison, Sydney Myers, Jeremy Myslowski, Angeli Nause, Victoria Reggie, Joshua Siecko, Matthew Slavoski, Rachel Sowinski, Christina Springer, Kaitlyn Stochla, Joseph Szczechowicz, Leanne Tabit, Ryan Tabit, Teresa Toomey, David Wert and Sarah Williams. Honors: Vito Aiello, Vincent Amarando, Nicholas Ambrulavage, Amy Boris, Krzystof Bozentka, Nadine Carlo, Thomas Cosgrove, Kelsey Crossin, Tyler Dougherty, Kyle Gainard, Margaret Guarnieri, Dakota Hollock-Sinclair, Robert Jones, Anna Kachmarski, Geetika Khanna, Mary Kolojejchick, Michael Kosik, Ann Kotch, Jacob Kozak, Katelyn Laskowski, Thomas Madigan, Alexandria Malacari, Andrew Mark, Nicholas McCarroll, Stephanie McCole, Patrick McHale, Kasey Miller, Louis Murray, Jenna Nitkowski, Devon Nowicky, Megan Phillips, Lauren Pikul, Cameron Pinto, Kayla Rhiel, Grace Rychwalski, Daniel Seasock, Andrea Siejna, Grace Sipler, Kristen Stepanski, Sarah Warnagiris and Carleena Wozniak. Grade 9: High Honors: Christina Adameck, Nathaniel Anderson, Megan Banks, Caitlin Barat, Michael Boland, Michael Boris, Rachel Callahan, Casey Carty, Martin Cirelli, Erik Cudo, Megan Devaney, Elizabeth DiGiovine, Michele Fromel, Alia Gestl, Amanda Halchak, Caroline Jones, Kellan Katra, Lucas Klimuszka, Bailey Klocko, Jeffrey Kloeker, Julie Kosik, Tyler Kukosky, Melanie Kusakavitch, Tram Le, Gary Loughney, Emily Makar, Rachel Makar, Frank Mrozowski, Vinay Murthy, Hailey Noss, Nina Paoloni, Bryce Partlow, Yardley Phillips, Alyssa Platko, Michael Prociak, Dominick Rendina, Miranda Robasky, Anneliese Romani, Natasha Rostova, Samantha Scalzo, Nikki Scarantino, Christine Scavone, Patrick Serino, Nicole Slavoski, Donald Stephens, David Tomaszewski, Ana Turosky, Lloyd Wagner, Allison Zablocky and Audrey Zavada. Honors: Brian Banas, James Blewitt, Brandon Bojanowski, Thomas Caffrey, Devon Claherty, Alec Eustice, Alexia Evans, Dominique Falzone, Rachel Finnegan, Jessica Fu, Matthew Gardner, Brian Geraghty, Tyler Guilford, Shawna Hannon, Jason Hauze, Samantha Hilenski, John Kane, Jacqueline Kurovsky, Mallory Kusakavitch, Chase Makowski, Elizabeth Masi, Alisson Meluskey, Sara Mirra, Connor Mulvey, Victoria Nealon, Michael Parrs, Christopher Pawlenok, Matthew Pawlowski, Lucille Reilly, Alison Rowski, William Rutkowski, Emily Savidge, Sarah Snyder, Kelsey Stasko, Nicholas Strellish, Taylor Wheeler and Krista Williams.

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Coughlin raises funds through Pennies for Patients

Students enjoy Rice Days celebration

Coughlin High School’s Key Club recently raised $500 for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society through a fundraiser called Pennies for Patients. Each homeroom donated change and the homeroom who donated the most received a Dunkin Donuts breakfast. Some of the participants, from left, first row, are Karley Kennedy, Devin Smith and Amanda Benzakowski. Second row: Michael Lewandowski, Kate Slenzak, Sam Andrews and Jenny Carlo, adviser.

Rice Elementary School recently celebrated Rice Days. All of the classes from the school were treated to a fun-filled day outdoors. The students enjoyed games, a giant slide, a moon bounce, a dunk tank and cotton candy. A picnic lunch was also provided. Some second-grade students enjoying their cotton candy, from left, are Alexis Lewis, Marley Zlockie, Alicia Shypulefski, Emma Craig and Madalynn Gregory.

Schuyler Avenue first-graders participate in spelling bee competition First-grade classes at Schuyler Avenue Elementary School, Kingston, Wyoming Valley West School District, recently held the annual Spelling Bee. Thirty-nine students in Lenora Minetola’s and Sara Napkori’s classes competed in the contest. Mary Sanchez was the firstplace winner in the competition. Participating students, from left, first row, Treyvon Garrity, second place; Sanchez; and Julia Price, third place. Second row: Connor Kavanagh, Zanya Hickson, Jude Nichol, Robert Gryskavicz, Skylee Young, Dalton Krochmaluk, Abby Goleach and Jeremy Long. Third row: Connor Kazokas, Samantha Buffer, Madison Vitale, Ryan Sullivan, Liam Frace, Sebastian Favata, David Booth, Patrick Ruda, Jacob Stitzer, Brennan Keefer, Jonathan Lantz, Kayla Sincavage and Aiden Sgaggero. Fourth row: Destanie Lehman, Stepan Prodanets, Jacob Wolfe, Jonathan Scarpelli, Komal Mathon, Irvenise Miliano, Madison Savage, Sydney Evans, Angeline Arroyo, Hailey Oelke, Gabriel Brunn, Sabrina Thompson, LeeAnn McDermott, Shayla Harmon and Tiarra Rivas.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

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GAR students earn Medallion Awards

Makayla Gregorio, daughter of David and Amy Gregorio, Hunlock Creek, is celebrating her second birthday today, July 10. Makayla has two sisters, Maddison, 10, and Mackenzie, 8 months.

Ten students at GAR Memorial Junior-Senior High School recently were honored with the GAR Grenadiers Medallion Award. The award is sponsored annually by Ellie Schwab and Lasting Impressions by Wilkes-Barre Trophy to recognize students who have achieved a personal milestone, overcome barriers, demonstrated an above and beyond love of learning, led by example or distinguished themselves as exemplary individuals. Nominated by members of the faculty, recipients receive a personalized medal, a certificate and a copy of the nominating letter. The award ceremony was held in the GAR library. At the awards ceremony, from left, first row: Stefanie Short, nominated by Lauren Wolfer and James Blaum; Jahlil Harvey, nominated by Kristen DeMaranville; Christian Skrepenak, nominated by Kristen DeMaranville; and Courtney Colorusso and Wilton Curiel, both nominated by Michelle Davis. Second row: China Morningstar, nominated by Danielle Kishbaugh; Korey Welkey, nominated by Kelly Comitz; Anastasia Joblowski, nominated by Thomas Thackara; Melissa Ponce, nominated by Corrine Drost; and Nick Sosa, nominated by Charles Flannery.

Reading scores improve at Boyd Dodson Elementary School The Boyd Dodson Elementary School in the Wilkes-Barre Area School District recently announced a significant increase in the 4 Sight reading assessments for the 2010-2011 school year. The 4 Sight assessments mirror the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment (PSSA) that is given each year to all students in public schools throughout Pennsylvania. The increase in scores indicates that students are moving toward the goal of meeting state standards. Some of the participants, from left, first row, are Miracle Ruiz, Asucena Vergara and Collin Mosier. Second row: Oneisha Garalleus, Ronald Peguero, Skyler Elmy, Meghan Moyer, Emily Apolinaro and Michael Smeraglio. Third row: Aiden McKenna, dean of students; Jimmy Tran; Allison George; Ms. Bartoletti, principal; and Lorrie Gardner reading coach.

William Kenzakoski William Kenzakoski, son of Tracey Olson, Wilkes-Barre, and the late William Kenzakoski, is celebrating his 13th birthday today, July 10. William is a grandson of Rose and Thomas Dixon, Parsons; Linda and Joe Carney, Kingston; and Richard Kenzakoski, Bald Mountain.

Boyd Dodson sixth-graders enjoy trip to Baltimore

Mason Konigus Mason Konigus, son of J.J. and Allison Konigus, Hunlock Creek, celebrated his seventh birthday July 7. Mason is a grandson of Don and Karen Berlew, Dallas, and Joe and Bonnie Konigus, Hunlock Creek. He has a brother, Kaleb, 1 1.

Sixth-grade students at Boyd Dodson Elementary School, Wilkes-Barre, recently toured Baltimore Inner Harbor, Camden Yards and the National Aquarium. The students raised the money for the trip by holding various fundraisers throughout the school year. The PTO also contributed to the trip fund. The students also enjoyed a 4-D IMAX movie and lunch at the Hard Rock Café. Some of the participants, from left, first row, are Ciara Edwards, Brock Bryant, Guadalupe Canongo, Genesis Velez, Katelyn Heck, Erin Jones, Noah Edwards, Christopher Clarke and Dominique Ogan. Second row: Edwin Tapia, Jordan Allen, Jimmy Tran, Jeffrey Vergara, Nayeli Tapia, Tyra Rookwood, Gregory Askew, Annalyssa Painter and McKenzie Malys. Third row: Tesha Todd, Asia Mitchell, Tyler Shovlin, Asher Wielgopolski, Safiyyah Richardson, Careem Monteith, Rachel Watt and Joshua Goodwin. Fourth row: Luan Hoang, Kristin Cunningham, Elijah Yusuff, Guadalupe Vivar, Ashlee Shaver, Ariana Contreras, Nefetia Lundy, Divine Howard and Josefat Brito. Fifth row: Aidan McKenna, dean of students; Gina Bartoletti, principal; and Megan Peters, Lori Frank and Justin Correll, sixth-grade teachers.

Misericordia students recognized for excellence Kimberly Suchoski, Wilkes-Barre, and Kristina English, Laceyville, were recognized by Misericordia University for their academic accomplishments in medical imaging at the annual Honors and Awards Ceremony. The Medical Imaging Department presented both the Mallinckrodt Award for Academic Excellence and the Robert C. Fisher Clinical Excellence in the Study of Medical Imaging Award to Suchoski and English. Suchoski graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in medical imaging and English graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in medical imaging. At the awards presentation, from left: Suchoski; Lorie Zelna, associate professor of medical imaging; and English.

St. Mary’s students attend History Day competition Chase C. Oravic Chase Connor Oravic, son of Josh and Nicole Oravic, Pittston, celebrated his second birthday July 8. Chase is a grandson of Mark and Cindy Ciavarella and Rick and Maureen Oravic. Chase has a sister, Cali Grace.

MMI Robotics Club members compete in Botball tournament Two teams from MMI Preparatory School’s Robotics Club recently competed in the 2011 New York/New Jersey Botball Regional Tournament. One of the teams earned seventh place overall. The team also received the KISS Award for Engineering Design for one of their robots and took first place in the Alliance Challenge. Members of the two teams, from left, first row, are Morgan Herbener, Englysh Handlong, Megan Klein, Antonia Diener, Brianna Dzurishin and Marianne Virnelson. Second row: Jake Driscoll, Matthew Yurish, Paul Brasavage, Katlyn Frey, Briana Cole, Michael Macarevich, Mark Cole and Paul Gronski. Third row: Justin Vincent, Roderick Cook, Balaganesh Natarajan, Ryan Twardzik, Samuel Scalleat, Jeffrey Lotz, Corey Sisock and James Gliem.

Six students from St. Mary’s Assumption School, Pittston, recently participated in the state level of the National History Day Competition at Millersville University. Each participant incorporated the theme chosen by national coordinators into their topic of choice. This year’s theme was ‘Debate and Diplomacy in History: Successes, Failures and Consequences.’ The students were coached by moderators Bonnie Blaskiewicz, Doris Brady, Mary Kate Conlon, Maureen Conlon and Anne Powers. All of the students performed well and Michael Conlon placed fourth in the state in the Individual Performance Category. Members of the History Day team, from left, are Bria Moore, Laura Mariotti, Tommy Lewis, Conlon, Kaya Swanek and Lauren Senese.

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Using live performers and shadow puppets, the play told the story of Manjiro Nakahama, the first Japanese citizen to live, work, and study in the United States. It was his collaboration with Lovegrove, and their shared interest in Japanese history, that would lead to the birth of â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Cat, the Sun, and the Mirror,â&#x20AC;? which is based on a Japanese myth that recounts the disappearance of the sun. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vinny wanted to do a sort of kiddie play,â&#x20AC;? Anderson recalls, â&#x20AC;&#x153;and my vision encompassed all ages. We ended up taking our different versions and parting ways. This play is based on the Shinto legend of Amaterasu, the sun goddess who shuts herself away until a mirror draws her back out.â&#x20AC;? To update the tale, however, Anderson imbues it with a dose of American mythology. â&#x20AC;&#x153;What is the great American mythos,â&#x20AC;? Anderson posits, â&#x20AC;&#x153;but the Private I[nvestigator] story.â&#x20AC;? In Andersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s play, the Private I just happens to be a cat. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Cat, the Sun, and the Mirrorâ&#x20AC;? was performed for the first time by the New York State Theatre Institute during their 2005-2006 season on the campus of Russell Sage College in Troy, N.Y. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My wife, Rose, and I spent a lot of time in New York as well as Massachusetts. We met in New York City when she was a ballet dancer with Twyla Tharp. Rose is originally from West Wyoming; we moved back here in April 2010 to be near Roseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother, and that November she passed away.â&#x20AC;? From sorrow, however, arose unique artistic opportunities for

Anderson. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We first went to the Canteen 900 to meet with the lawyer handling Roseâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s momâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s estate,â&#x20AC;? Anderson explains. Anderson and Wright came to realize that the Forty Fort restaurant was a gathering place for area art enthusiasts. Soon, the couple started a tradition of breakfasting at the big red-bricked building on Rutter Avenue every Friday where they struck up acquaintances with talented neighbors including Naomi Hatsfelt Baker, assistant professor of theater at Wilkes University. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One day I was talking about my playwriting background and Robert Koral, the owner of the building, suggested we perform something there.â&#x20AC;? Anderson seized the opportunity to perform â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Cat, the Sun, and the Mirrorâ&#x20AC;? again, this time with Baker directing. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The first time the play was performed, with NYSTI, it was almost like an opera because everything was sung,â&#x20AC;? Anderson says. He calls the performance that will take place next Saturday a â&#x20AC;&#x153;play with music,â&#x20AC;? with the music being provided by Charles Davis of the band The Ends of the Earth. Baker, however, chooses to elaborate a bit on Andersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s description. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All of the dialogue is in rhyme, which is charming,â&#x20AC;? she says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s like a film-noir-hip-hop Dr. Suess.â&#x20AC;? Both Baker and Anderson agree that the show offers something for audiences of all ages, which is evident in its diverse cast and crew culled from the area. Nahar will play the spiritual guru Old Dog. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When Rob first asked me to do the part, I thought maybe he only wanted me because I was in the paper. But playing the role of a guru is something I

have really connected with, and I hope I can live up to his vision,â&#x20AC;? Nahar said. Nahar will be joined by an array of talented area youths. Lacey Willis, a theatre and communication studies major at Wilkes, serves as stage manager. She will also be designing costumes and props for the first time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our age range is pretty wide,â&#x20AC;? Baker explains. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We have a few children between 7 and 12, two teenagers, some twenty-somethings, Raj (Nahar), and Robert, who will be narrating.â&#x20AC;? The actorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; experiences, it seems, are as assorted as their ages. Members of the ensemble have been recruited from the Wyoming Area Drama Club and even the office of Andersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chiropractor. Matt Hinton, 28, a founding board member of Gaslight Theatre Co., Wilkes-Barre, will play three roles. Hinton, whose production credits include â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Midsummer Nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Dreamâ&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Tempestâ&#x20AC;? is not afraid to depart from his traditional roots to perform Andersonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more experimental work. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Plays are just that â&#x20AC;&#x201D; opportunities for actors to play, and you take every opportunity you get.â&#x20AC;? Even though every cast member cannot lay claim to Hintonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vast experiences, they seem to share his enthusiasm. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For some of the kids, this is their very first performance. But we have a good mix. The kids provide an energy that invigorates the adults, and the adults serve as models for how the kids should behave during rehearsals,â&#x20AC;? Baker says. While the cast runs through lines at Wilkes Universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Henry Student Center, Bakerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s words ring true.

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Everyone â&#x20AC;&#x201D; from the tiniest girl with ribbons in her hair, to Hinton â&#x20AC;&#x201D; offers Baker their rapt attention as she doles out notes on their performances. No matter how whimsical the play might be, the actors maintain a certain degree of seriousness as the performance date draws near. Baker explains, â&#x20AC;&#x153;From auditions to the time we go on stage, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have had about a month to put this together. Most of us did not know each other going into this project, which has presented its own challenges, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re excited to perform.â&#x20AC;? Not only will the cast and crew be sharing their talents with the community on July 16, but they will be making a contribution to one of the areaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most respected non-profits: all ticket sales will benefit the Wyoming Valley Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Association, which serves preschool children with special needs. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The space at Canteen 900 has very generously been given to us for free by Abby Singh, the owner of Canteen 900,â&#x20AC;? Anderson says, â&#x20AC;&#x153;which means that all of our proceeds really will go to the organization.â&#x20AC;? While both Anderson and Baker were interested in staging a benefit performance, it took a great deal of soul-searching to decide on an organization to support. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We thought of a lot of possibilities â&#x20AC;&#x201D; tsunami relief in Japan, tornado relief, flood relief. But we eventually realized that you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need to go far away to help someone: there are people who need help in your own backyard,â&#x20AC;? Baker says. Thankfully though, for those who consider the Wyoming Valley their backyard, there will always be many talented artists willing to pitch in and help their neighbors.

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Misericordia communications grads receive awards The Department of Communications at Misericordia University recently recognized its top graduates at the annual Honors and Awards Ceremony. Richard Aldo Baldovin, North Babylon, N.Y., and Kristen Marie Gazowski, Larksville, each received the Communications Department Award for Excellence which is given to a graduating communications major for outstanding professional development, academic achievement and contribution to the university community. Amanda Jamieson, Hanover Township, a cum laude graduate, was presented with the Communications Department Academic Achievement Award for outstanding scholarship. The students each received Bachelor of Arts degrees in communications. At the awards presentation, from left: Baldovin; Jamieson; Melissa Sgroi, chair of the department of communications; and Gazowski.

Society welcomes new members at spring meeting Tau Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma recently held its spring meeting at the Westmoreland Club, Wilkes-Barre. Two new members were inducted into the international society for key women educators. Laurie Rebovich and Rose Seroka were inducted at a ceremony conducted by Ann Grimes, president; Jane Fritz, first vice president; and Sue Bechetti, former president. Rebovich is a reading specialist in the Pittston Area School District and Seroka is a retired reading specialist from the Wilkes-Barre Area School District. The annual basket raffle also took place at the meeting. Contributing to the event were Barbara Volpetti and Susann Evans, arrangements; Lovey Woronowicz, centerpieces; Marcia Boris, project; Pat Warunek and Susann Savelli-Keska, program; Dolores Mirro, music; and Lita Harron and Mary Jean Simpson, meeting. At the meeting, from left, are Seroka, Grimes, Rebovich and Savelli-Keska.

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Mary Jo Demshock Mellas, 32, Mountain Top, was recently honored as the Outstanding Criminal Justice Student of the Kendra Sirak, Year by Luzerne Mellas Dallas, recently County Communigraduated from ty College’s criminal justice departNorthwestern ment. Mellas graduated summa University, Evancum laude with an associate’s ston, Ill., with degree in criminal justice. She was Bachelor of Arts a member of the Phi Theta Kappa degrees in psyhonor society for her outstanding chology and Sirak GPA; Psi Beta honor society of bio-anthropology. psychology; Sigma Kappa Delta honor society of English; and Alpha She was also inducted into The N Club for her leadership, sportsSigma Lambda honor society of manship and integrity as a studentadult learners. Mellas will pursue athlete. Her field hockey team was her bachelor’s degree from King’s recognized in the fall by the NaCollege in the fall. She hopes to tional Field Hockey Coaches Assowork with the U.S. Marshals after graduation. Mellas graduated from ciation (NFHCA) for achieving the highest team GPA among all of the Hazleton Area High School in 1997 Division I Field Hockey programs in and has been a dislocated worker the United States. In addition, she since October 2009. She is the daughter of Joseph J. Demshock III was placed on the Academic All-Big and Mary Lou Demshock, Hazleton. Ten Team and the NFHCA National Academic Squad. Sirak was named Eileen Warren, to the Dean’s list for all semesters Wyoming, an art in her senior year. In June she teacher at Wyom- joined an archaeology project at ing Seminary the La Ferrassie site in southwestLower School, ern France. She is one of 12 interns Forty Fort, refrom the U.S. and Europe to be ceived the Franc- invited on this project and was the es and Louis recipient of the Foster/FAN ReMaslow Award for search Grant from the AnthropolWarren excellence in ogy Department of Northwestern teaching during the school’s University. Sirak is the daughter of eighth-grade commencement Ron and Trish Sirak, Dallas. ceremony. Warren received the Susan Marie honor in recognition of her effecGryziec Showtive teaching, support of the proalter was recently gram and ideals of the Lower selected as an School and her positive influence Outstanding on the lives of the students. WarGraduate Student ren joined the Lower School faculty at Drexel Uniin 1987. She has taught students in versity’s College every grade from preschool to of Arts and Scieighth grade and has designed the Showalter ences. Showalter school’s visual arts program and its curriculum. She works with second- graduated summa cum laude with grade students to create their own a Master of Science degree in publications management. A native of versions of great artworks and Plymouth, Showalter graduated presents their work in an annual from Wyoming Valley West High art exhibit. She also teaches the School in 2003 and attended MiserLower School’s arts-related, aftericordia University, where she exschool enrichment courses. For celled as an English major and more than 15 years she taught art philosophy minor. After earning a courses in the Upper School’s Bachelor of Arts degree, Showalter Summer English as a Second Lanserved as editor/webmaster to the guage (ESL) program and directed local non-profit organization Great arts offerings at the Lower School’s summer sessions. She was Valley Technology Alliance before relocating to the Philadelphia area. active on the school re-accredWhile attending Drexel, Showalter itation committee and received a worked as an editorial assistant and National Teachers Appreciation proposal coordinator for global test Award from Wilkes University in publisher Pearson VUE. In March, 1997. She serves on the Fine Arts Fiesta committee and is a member she accepted a journal manager of the En Plein Air Society. Prior to position with Elsevier, Inc., a publisher of science and health information. joining the Lower School, Warren Showalter is married to Timothy taught art in several area school Showalter, whose band Strand of districts. She holds an associate’s Oaks recently finished a two-month degree in applied science in comnational tour. mercial art from Luzerne County Community College and a Bachelor Michael Joseph of Arts degree in art education Orlando III was from Misericordia University. She is recently honored also certified in art and elementary by the Second education. She and her husband, Presbyterian Richard, are the parents of two Church, Parsonchildren, James and Robert. age Street, Pittston. OrlanCarole Panunzio do recently recently received Orlando graduated from the Excellence in American University Washington Teaching Award College of Law. He is a 1999 from the United graduate of Wyoming Seminary Hebrew Institute and earned a Bachelor of Arts at the annual degree in European history from Shofar dinner held at the Wood- Washington & Lee University in Panunzio 2003. Orlando also earned a lands Inn and master’s degree in international Resort. The award acknowledges the role of teachers in inspiring the affairs from Florida State University in 2008. He is the son of growth and maturity of children at Michael and Mary Lou Dominick the school. Panunzio has been Orlando, Hughestown. He reteaching math and science at the school since 1979. She is a native of sides in Washington, D.C., with his wife, Charlotte. Wilkes-Barre and graduated from

WVW Middle School students participate in Grade-A-Thon to raise funds to fight cancer Wyoming Valley West Middle School students in Leslie Nicholas’s English classes recently participated in a Grade-A-Thon to raise money to fight cancer. Students read the teleplay ‘Brian’s Song,’ the story of the friendship between pro football players Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo. The students were so moved by Piccolo’s fight against cancer that they decided to raise funds to help local cancer patients. Students sought sponsors who paid for A or B grades. Over $450 was donated to Candy’s Place, a center for cancer wellness in Forty Fort. At the check presentation, from left, first row, are Kyle Deutschman; Amanda Rosengrant; Gianna Jannuzzi; Justine Burmeister; Madison Korey; Nicole Farber, center coordinator, Candy’s Place; Katelyn Henninger; Britany Pavone; Taylor Crisano; Andriana Christoforatos; Clare Winton; Chloe Ruckle; and Tyler Podhiny. Second row: Ryan Zaruta, Gina Davis, Emily Urbanovitch, Rebecca Podskoch, Caitlin Westerholm, Alexa Remakus, LeeAnn Mahalick, Karen Pickering, Allison Klach, Keisha Cropp, Ethan Rosentel and Kyle Dow. Third row: Aubryanna Creasing, Christopher Schneider, Alex Yanchick, Emily Welgoss, Jennifer Miller, Alaena Lloyd, Samantha Owens, Mark Popson, Josh Hospodar and Jackson Williams. Fourth row: Kara Schwartz, Emily Raptis, Nick Stuart, Jamie Lapidus, Nick Klimchok and Kelsey Shaffer. Also participating in the Grade-A-Thon were Connor Gaffney and Jason Jacobosky.

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Dallas Senior High School Jeffrey D. Shaffer, principal, Dallas Senior High School, recently announced the Honor Roll for the fourth marking period. Grade 12: Honors with Distinction: Robert Adams, Adrienne Box, Rocco Cabrera, Ashley Carle, Samantha Casto, Janelle Cyprich, Katherine Darling, Pierce Donovan, Meghan Gallis, Kevin Hunter, Joshua Kachurick, Molly Kammen, McKenzie Kelly, Janara Koehler, Dana Krawetz, Anthony LaFratte, Taylor Millington, Jacqueline Pearson, Timothy Reinert, Danielle Shaver, Sarah Simonovich, Sara Skammer, Katherine Snyder, Emily Spring, Jonathan Wallace, Brian Wise. First Honors: Sabrina Alles, Kristan Baker, Arielle Belskis, Shannon Brobst, Michael Brown, Taylor Burak, Gabrielle Byczek, Whitney Chrzanowski, Christopher Clemson, Jason Crispell, Kiley Foley, Brandon Harding, Allison Hardwick, Lindsey Harger, Ryan Hogan, Alicia Kaiser, William Kaleta, Taylor Kapral, Jon Laity, Meghan Langan, Allison Litchkowski, Cameron Lupole, Kelsey Maas, Meghan Martin, Corrine Matusiak, Tyler Morgan, Kathleen Moyer, Kevin Muldoon, Carisa Panzetta, Ali Paris, Christian Pyros, Desiree Roberts, Robert Schaub, Paul Sgroi, Rikki Shotwell, Ali Snider, Rebecca Sweetra, Demetra Szatkowski, Patrick Touhey. Second Honors: Sarah Bailey, Tanner Baloh, Carl Baxter, Justin Brobst, Bryann Cave, Taylor Culver, Lindsay Danko, Nicholas Dennis, Alyssa Dolman, Stephanie Dosiak, Zachary Dutter, Monica Faulls, Michael Glowaniak, Nicholas Gototweski, Shelby Hamilton, Chelsi Hunter, Kathryn Kravitz, Heather Lasco, Meghan Macarty, Kelly Mazur, Caroline Milligan, Rory Moran, Scott Napkora, Rachel Nilsson, Marc Noyalis, Danielle Reimard, Jeremy Roberts, Lauren Rosen, Stacie Runscavage, Elizabeth Rybakovsky, Steven Shatrowskas, Nicole Sobocinski, Jeffrey Stachnik, Christopher Tamani-

Grade 1 1: Honors with Distinction: Somiah Almeky, Sarah Bilski, Alyssa Charney, Rachael Gerstein, Angelina Hoidra, Chelsea Martin, Christine McCarthy, Kassondra Michno, Kelly Monaghan, Deep Patel, Emily Prater, Andrew Santora, Kirby Szalkowski, Jonathan Weaver. First Honors: Mariya Ackerman, Jess Adams, Rachael Alles, Gavin Carolan, Emily Collins, Casey Conway, Nicholas Delmar, Morgan Dingle, Kelsey Dissinger, Shane Dunn, Christopher Ehret, Corey Ehret, Brooke Evans, Stephanie Force, Jeremy Geisinger, Sarah Gillette, Taylor Gingell, Megan Grabowski, Aubrey Gryskiewicz, Segan Hamilton, Kelly Healey, Elizabeth Hoover, Dana Jolley, Lindsey Kelly, Timothy Kennedy, Amanda Kotch, Markus Leu, Jennifer Lloyd, Carly Manganello, Erika McCabe, Colleen McDonald, Caitlyn Metz, David Miller, Marilyn Mizenko, Alyssa Monaghan, Alexandra Owen, Shane Panagakos, Madeline Payne, Jacob Piskorik, Sarah Pomfret, James Roccograndi, Allison Spencer, Tyler Steve, Ryan Thomas, Michelle Thompson, Thomas Tidey, Melissa Tucker, Aaron Weir, Kayla Yaglowski, Laura Zimmerman, Alexander Zubko. Second Honors: Andrew Arnoldi, Caitlyn Barry, Benjamin Brace, Paul Brace, Gabrielle Caravaggio, Dana Carey, Jessica Congdon, Victoria Crockett, Hilary Crossley, Taylor Davies, William Dixon, Nathan Dombek, Zachary Downs, Dalton Elston, Matthew Fasulka, Sara Flaherty, Bethany Flanders, Ashley Gross, Alex Ivoska, Lindsay Jayne, Luke Jolley, Alyx Koehler, Amanda Kornak, Robert Lapasnick, Jenna Lombardo, Jessica Missal, Tamara Nijmeh, Eric Novroski, Amir Paris, Amelia Pietraccini, Brandy Popple, Keifer Rogers, Kaylin Russell, Greg Selenski, Joshua Shilanski, Rebecca Stull, Kaleb Taylor, Elaina Tomaselli, Theadora Treslar, Kassy Wall, Kathryn Yanchuk, Sarah Zerfoss. Grade 10: Honors with Distinction: Chloe Alles, Bridget Boyle, Blake Donovan, Tanner Englehart,

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L. Yokimcus. Honor Roll: Kevin J. Argenziano, Amber E. Baab, William P. Barney, Baxter Bevins, Nina Brunetti, Christopher E. Burge JR, Sarah A. Burger, Holly M. Burnett, Brittany Clark, Sean P. Conway, Joshua E. Cooper, Reed M. Cormier, Meghan C. Demeglio, Nicholas J. Dopko, Grace S. Emmett, Shawn Engler, William M. Evans, Corey W. Eyerman, Christopher S. Fassari, Lynsay M. Finken, Kelly M. Gallagher, Elizabeth F. Gillen, Harry M. Gothreau, Kristen M. Guynn, Ashley A. Hopersberger, Alyssa B. Hughes, Nicole A. Hvozdovic, Elizabeth M. Jones, Zachary T. Jones, Carrie L. Knorr, Jacqueline M. Lieberman, Briley V. Marchetti, Amanda M. McGlynn, Kelsey F. Murphy, Canaan D. Nelson, Emily K. Orrson, Marissa Pac, Anna-Victoria Pantoliano, Janki Pathak, Maria E. Perry, Grace A. Pollock, Tyler J. Purnell, Steven A. Rerick, Alexandria M. Rinehimer, Eric Rinehimer, Angelina L. Rovinski, Martin L. Ryman II, Cecelia Schmid, Alyssa A. Schutter, Nicholas C. Sepela, Taylor L. Slucki, Randall W. St Hilaire, Tara L. Steffen, Dakota A. Vaughn, Jack H. Walsh, Raymond Walton, Andrew Wisniewski, Juliet Wotherspoon, Victoria L. Yazwinsky, Jackson Young. Grade 1 1: Principal’s Honor Roll: Sarah M. Andrews, Brooke L. Balliet, Luke T. Bernardo, Lori A. Bogumil, Rachel L. Bohn, Logan J. Bretz, David A. Chang, Hannah E. Coffin, Gabrielle S. Coniglio, Robert M. Coulter, Lindsey K. Dotzel, Bryanna J. Evans, John P. Fazzini, Mariah M. Flaim, Corey H. Gallagher, Summer B. Gavin, Kayla M. Gegaris, Kaitlin R. Gower, Hannah M. Gzemski, Susan Hao, Lindsay M. Hischak, Amy M. Jesikiewicz, Janak P. Jethva, Kelsey J. Jones, Valerie R. Katulka, Stephanie L. Klug, Brittany T. Kundratic, Megan E. Lasko, Joseph N. Legg, Samantha M. Macko, Carissa M. Magnotta, James J. McLean, Sharmeen Z. Mian, Alecia E. Myers, Keith J. Novatnak, Dhara R. Patel, Hiral R. Patel, Gabrielle M. Prezkop, Jesse T. Quintiliani, Jessica L. Radjavitch, Cally M. Richardson, Jennifer M. Rutkowski, Jared A. Smigelski, Melissa A. Snyder, Bernard J. Socha, Colleen B. Taylor, Cora L. Van Kirk, Steven M. Waskie, Rebecca A. Zelner, Joseph S. Zolnowski. High Honor Roll: Michael P. Aiello, Nicholas J. Aigeldinger, Bradley A. Baloga, Melissa M. Benson, Kyle A. Brosh, Samantha L. Cantwell, Seo Hee Choi, Zachary Ciavarella, Samantha Cordeiro, Marykate Coulter, Xavier C. Cummings, Daniel E. Delgrosso, Danielle E. Despirito, Paige L. Evans, Lucas M. Farrall, Carllie S. Foley, Kelsey E. Forsberg, Nickolas P. Forsberg, Zachary S. Getz, Mckenna E. Griffiths, Craig Harvey, Carly A. Hislop, Samuel

M. Hollock, Alfredo Jimenez-Jimenez, Michael R. Judge, Courtney M. Kania, Lindsey M. Kastreva, Philip C. Kaufman, Timothy P. Kelly, Angela M. Khalife, Heather N. Krzywicki, Brian D. Lee, Hannah M. Lee, Roger J. Legg, Kelly L. Madigan, Brian C. Madry, Kyle M. McCormack, Karisa J. McCormick, Thomas Mickowski, Randy L. Miller, Jessica R. Newak, Rikesh P. Patel, Jacob Prohaska, Frederick Reyes, Kimberly J. Schlosser, Amy F. Scutt, Leah M. Serafin, Jamie L. Sheridan, Serina M. Steinbrenner, Adam M. Wasiakowski, Michael J. Wolsieffer, Mark J. Wychock, John S. Yackiel Jr., Jared J. Yakscoe, Devin Zurawski. Honor Roll: Kirstie L. Andes, Daniel J. Androckitis, Allison R. Bernetski, Bryanna D. Bissel, Andrew R. Brodginski, Rebecca M. Brown, Joseph T. Burke, Cassandra L. Care, Cole S. Clifford, Alessia M. Colandrea, Rachel A. Deluca, Angelo Desanto, Anna P. Dessoye, Bridget M. Fitzgerald, Kyle M. Gallagher, Cassandra L. George, Rachel T. Giraud, Brandon J. Hacken, Patrick D. Henry, John P. Herron, Jenae N. Hudack, Nicole M. Iagnemma, Joshua D. Jones, Samantha E. Jones, Larisa A. Joseph, Michael A. Klingler, Jared B. Kotsko, Robert J. Lombardo, Lily E. Macke, Leah M. Majdic, Shawn P. McCole, Nicholas J. Miale, Wyatt D. Mitchell, Alexa M. Moran, Shana A. Nichols, Katie L. Nork, David T. Perillo, Anthony V. Picataggio, Jacob S. Possinger, Ni-

SUNDAY, JULY 10, 2011 PAGE 9B cholas A. Powell, Mason B. Ross, Thomas J. Schmidt, Aubrey M. Stewart, Anthony J. Survilla, Michael P. Sweeney, Jillian E. Tate, Robert F. Weidow, Shawn M. Weyhenmeyer, Camille M. Zugarek. Grade 12: Principal’s Honor Roll: Olivia E. Basar, Lindsay M. Brown, Ronald J. Caccese, Amanda S. Casem, Matthew E. Ceonzo, Chelsea D. Cornelius, Joshua J. Dessoye, Lauren K. Ford, Brandon J. Gibbon, Joseph W. Hagner, Jessica L. Hildebrand, Steven Hippeli, Kylie A. Kishel, Ashley Legg, Emily M. Leo, Jessica M. Leri, Alyssa M. Myers, Ami P. Patel, Collin M. Petrochko, Joseph T. Pickett, Sabih U. Rahman, Morgan E. Smith, Samantha L. Snyder, Christina M. Tometchko, Ashley L. Vargas, Luke A. Zack, Ashley A. Zearfoss. High Honor Roll: Nicole M. Aiello, Julie E. Ashford, Christine M. Banos, Jennifer E. Barrall, Charles M. Bolden, Audrey F. Bruell, Elizabeth Cefaly, Alexandra E. Cholewa, Jenna E. Chrismer, Sean C. Coates, Samantha R. Dauber, Chelsea E. Demeglio, Jake D. Derolf, Denise Grullon, Brian R. Henning, Alexandra R. Hoops, Kayla S. Jeckell, Coltin W. Judge, Jenny Keller, Scott S. Koch, Gabrielle Konopczyk, Katlynn Leonard, Mitchell Martinez, Lindsay N. Metzger, Marquis M. Morris, Autum N. Myers, Jacob A. Mylet, Caitlin E. Oliver, Harsh P. Patel, Kimberly I. Price, John P. Rogan, Kirstin R. Schafer, Samantha M. Steinbrenner, Alyssa

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SUNDAY, JULY 10, 2011

PAUL SOKOLOSKI

G I A N T S D E S PA I R

Danko in position to regain hill title

He has the fastest time by .85 seconds heading into today’s final tries up 1-mile course.

OPINION

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

3,000

Jeter homers to become first Yankee to reach milestone

By JAY MONAHAN For The Times Leader

LAUREL RUN – The rivalry between Darryl Danko and George Bowland intensified at the 105th running of the Giants Despair Hillclimb. Bowland – the Mill Spring, N.C. driver who unseated Danko’s five-year run of HillINSIDE climb championships •A look at Saturday’s last year – Hillclimb in was a nopictures. Page show at Sat4C urday’s Northeast Region of the Sports Car Club of America race in Laurel Run. With Bowland’s nonattendance, Danko’s road to a title still proved difficult in the first day of racing as he overcame two vehicle malfunctions to claim a .85second lead over the competition.. “(Bowland) didn’t want to come because of the new surface on the road,” said Danko. “He said it’s going to be too slippery. I call him chicken.” The Laurel Run native’s 1973 Gurney Eagle car raced to a 43.656-second finish on the milelong course. Kurt Eikenberg, of Stewartstown, holds down second place with a best time of 44.515 seconds. See DANKO , Page 5C AP PHOTOS

I.L. BASEBALL

Mitchell has big pitching day for SWB

New York Yankees’ Derek Jeter hits a solo home run for his 3,000th career hit off Tampa Bay pitcher David Price in the third inning at Yankee Stadium. Jeter became the 28th big leaguer to reach the milestone.

Decisive single caps 5-for-5 day By BEN WALKER AP Baseball Writer

NEW YORK — This was so Derek Jeter. Pressure mounting, time running out, all eyes on him at Yankee Stadium. He delivered — and then some — on a defining day in his championship career. Jeter homered deep into the left-field bleachers for his 3,000th career hit, making him the first New York Yankees

He throws four-hitter as the Yankees defeat the Red Wings in game 1 of doubleheader. By JOSH HORTON For The Times Leader

MOOSIC – Scranton/WilkesBarre Yankee starter D.J. Mitchell seems to be the go-to guy for doubleheaders. The right-hander’s last two starts have been part of a twin bill. Saturday night was no different. He threw a complete game shutout for the second consecutive start and led the Yankees to a 9-0 victory YANKEES in the opening game of a threegame, two-day series with the RED WINGS Rochester Red Wings. Despite not scoring in the first part of Saturday’s doubleheader, the Red Wings offense showed up for the second inning of game two. With two outs in the inning, Jair Fernandez doubled in Toby Gardenhire. Later in the inning, Brandon Roberts singled in Fernandez. The Red Wings lead was 2-0. However, it wouldn’t last long.

See SWB , Page 8C

The Yankees’ Derek Jeter, right, hugs teammate Jorge Posada.

player to reach the mark. He tied a career best by going 5 for 5. And he capped Saturday’s show by singling home the go-ahead run in the eighth inning. “Just one of those special days,” Jeter said. Mobbed by his pinstriped pals after the ball sailed into the seats, showered by ovations from his fans, Jeter stood alone in Yankees lore. A fitting crown for the captain, on a sunny afternoon when it seemed he could do anything he wanted in a 5-4 win over Tampa Bay. Almost as if he saved his best swing See JETER , Page 8C

YO U T H S O F T BA L L / BAS E BA L L

Back Mt. National in final Rout of Wyo./W. Wyoming advances team to D31 title series vs. KFF. The Times Leader staff

WYOMING – Jack Tomko hit two home runs and knocked in four as Back Mountain National defeated Wyoming/ West Wyoming 14-4 Saturday in the District 31 Little League major baseball elimination finals. National will play at undefeated Kingston/Forty Fort at 6 p.m. Monday in a matchup of an opening round game won by KFF 12-7. If National wins, then the teams will play again Tuesday at National. Jared Dieffenbach was 2-for-4 for National with a homer and three RBI. Ben O’Connell and Nick Kocher each doubled and singled. Kocher was also

the winning pitcher. Cole Keating led Wyoming/West Wyoming with a double and single. Matt Silinskie added a double. Brandon Charney and Blaise Erzar had a single each.

DISTRICT 16 MINOR BASEBALL

North Wilkes-Barre 10, South Wilkes-Barre 0

David Kosik pitched a one-hit complete game and also had a single and double to lead North Wilkes-Barre to the four-inning victory. Kosik also struck out five. Caleb Jerome contributed two hits, and Niquel Young (triple) and Anthony Hinkle and Hunter Krzywicki added a double apiece. See YOUTH , Page 5C

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Wyoming/West Wyoming’s Josh Kopcza, left, and Jeffrey Urban collide while attempting to catch the ball during Saturday’s game.

Savoring a mountain of thrills

THE ROAR OF the engines and the thrill of the chase finally lured Donna Robinson behind the wheel. Actually, she’s been waiting to race in a hill climb for some five years now. But Robinson finally got that chance Saturday when she climbed behind the wheel of a 2001 Camaro to compete in the Giants Despair Hillclimb. Despair? Hardly, at least for the 42year-old Perkasie, Pa. woman. “My ultimate goal,” Robinson said, “was to make sure I had a grin on my face from ear to ear going up the hill and coming down the hill.” From the same seat, Raymond Kochin Jr. found a similar feeling of elation. He’s a 19-year-old Weatherly resident who’s in his rookie season of hill climbing. He helped build the Camaro with Dan Robinson, Donna’s husband, and shared driving duties in the car with Donna Robinson. Maybe it was the Camaro that caused their adrenaline rush. More likely, it was the excitement of whisking the wheels of a car up a mountain that sits at 882 feet at the event’s starting point and elevates to 1,486 feet at the finish line.

Giants Despair a special race “I love it,” said Kochin, who was a spectator for the last two years at Giants Despair runs and competed in two other hillclimbs this season before taking on Northeastern Pennsylvania’s version of a monster mile. ““It’s good for the high-powered cars,” Kochin raved about the course. “It’s high-speed, you’ve only got a couple turns.” But one of those turns is the intimidating “Devil’s Elbow” – a sharply rising hairpin that goes off camber at its crest. “I was scared coming in,” Kochin relented after his fourth crack of the day at Giants Despair. “After a couple runs, you get used to it.” He got so comfortable, in fact, that his time dropped from 55 seconds at the start to 52 seconds near the end of the day – and gave Kochin hope of reaching his goal of a 49-second run by the time the final rounds of competition were completed today. Donna Robinson didn’t come anywhere close to that time. Yet, she didn’t really care about finishing on top, because she was already on top of the world. “I’m having a ball,” Donna said. “I had been bugging my husband (to compete in a hill climb). I may be slow, but each time I’m going up, I’m dropping seconds.” Nothing, it seemed, could sink the spirits of two Giants Despair rookies sharing a ride in the same Camaro. Probably because their wait seemed worth it. “We had it done in three months,” Kochin said of the Camaro he helped put together. “It was a matter of having a car to start out,” Donna Robinson said, “and having the money for all the safety gear.” She’s talking about wearing a firesuit, a head sock and helmet, gloves and a safety harness within the car. Because it never hurts to take such precautions, even with someone as cautious as Donna at the wheel. “The car’s going up in one piece,” she said with a laugh, See SOKOLOSKI , Page 5C

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FIRST ROUND (Top two nations in each group advance)

AMERICA’S LINE By ROXY ROXBOROUGH BASEBALL Favorite

Odds

Underdog

American League YANKEES

8.5

Rays

WHITE SOX

8.5

Twins

INDIANS

ROYALS

Tigers

RED SOX

10.5

Orioles

RANGERS Mariners

Blue Jays

A’s

6.5

ANGELS

National League PHILLIES DODGERS Rockies

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SUNDAY, JULY 10, 2011

6.5

Braves

Padres

7.5

NATIONALS

PIRATES

Cubs

MARLINS

Astros

BREWERS

7.5

Reds

CARDS

7.5

D’backs

GIANTS

6.5

Mets

W H A T ’ S

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Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts. AUTO RACING Noon FOX — Formula One, British Grand Prix, at Northamptonshire, England (same-day tape) VERSUS — IRL, IndyLights, at Toronto 2 p.m. VERSUS — IRL, IndyCar, Honda Indy Toronto 9 p.m. ESPN2 — NHRA, Route 66 Nationals, at Joliet, Ill. (same-day tape) CYCLING 8 a.m. VERSUS — Tour de France, stage 9, Issoire to Saint-Flour, France GOLF 8:30 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, Scottish Open, final round, at Inverness, Scotland 3 p.m. CBS — PGA Tour, John Deere Classic, final round, at Silvis, Ill. NBC — USGA, U.S. Women’s Open Championship, final round, at Colorado Springs. 7 p.m. TGC — Champions Tour, First Tee Open, final round, at Pebble Beach, Calif. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1:00 p.m. YES — Tampa Bay Rays at N.Y. Yankees 1:30 p.m. TBS — Atlanta at Philadelphia ROOT — Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh 8 p.m. ESPN — N.Y. Mets at San Francisco MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 6 p.m. ESPN2 — All-Star Futures Game, at Phoenix MOTORSPORTS 2 p.m. SPEED — FIM World Superbike, at Brno, Czech Republic (same-day tape) 12 Mid. SPEED — AMA Pro Racing, at Lexington, Ohio (same-day tape) SOCCER 6:30 a.m. ESPN — FIFA, Women’s World Cup, quarterfinal, Sweden vs. Australia, at Augsburg, Germany 11 a.m. ESPN — FIFA, Women’s World Cup, quarterfinal, Brazil vs. United States, at Dresden, Germany 4 p.m. ESPN — MLS, Seattle at Portland Copyright 2011 World Features Syndicate, Inc.

T R A N S A C T I O N S

GROUP A GP W D L GF GA Pts x-Germany............ 3 3 0 0 7 3 9 x-France................ 3 2 0 1 7 4 6 Nigeria................... 3 1 0 2 1 2 3 Canada.................. 3 0 0 3 1 7 0 x-advanced to quarterfinals Sunday, June 26 At Sinsheim, Germany France 1, Nigeria 0 At Berlin Germany 2, Canada 1 Thursday, June 30 At Bochum, Germany France 4, Canada 0 At Frankfurt Germany 1, Nigeria 0 Tuesday, July 5 At Moenchengladbach, Germany Germany 4, France 2 At Dresden, Germany Nigeria 1, Canada 0 GROUP B GP W D L GF GA Pts x-England.............. 3 2 1 0 5 2 7 x-Japan ................. 3 2 0 1 6 3 6 Mexico................... 3 0 2 1 3 7 2 New Zealand ........ 3 0 1 2 4 6 1 x-advanced to quarterfinals Monday, June 27 At Bochum, Germany Japan 2, New Zealand 1 At Wolfsburg, Germany Mexico 1, England 1 Friday, July 1 At Leverkusen, Germany Japan 4, Mexico 0 At Dresden, Germany England 2, New Zealand 1 Tuesday, July 5 At Augsburg, Germany England 2, Japan 0 At Sinsheim, Germany New Zealand 2, Mexico 2 GROUP C GP W D L GF GA Pts x-Sweden.............. 3 3 0 0 4 1 9 x-United States..... 3 2 0 1 6 2 6 North Korea .......... 3 0 1 2 0 3 1 Colombia............... 3 0 1 2 0 4 1 x-advanced to quarterfinals Tuesday, June 28 At Leverkusen, Germany Sweden 1, Colombia 0 At Dresden, Germany United States 2, North Korea 0 Saturday, July 2 At Augsburg, Germany Sweden 1, North Korea 0 At Sinsheim, Germany United States 3, Colombia 0 Wednesday, July 6 At Wolfsburg, Germany Sweden 2, United States 1 At Bochum, Germany North Korea 0, Colombia 0 GROUP D GP W D L GF GA Pts x-Brazil .................. 3 3 0 0 7 0 9 x-Australia............. 3 2 0 1 5 4 6 Norway .................. 3 1 0 2 2 5 3 Eq. Guinea............ 3 0 0 3 2 7 0 x-advanced to quarterfinals Wednesday, June 29 At Augsburg, Germany Norway 1, Equatorial Guinea 0 At Moenchengladbach, Germany Brazil 1, Australia 0 Sunday, July 3 At Bochum, Germany Australia 3, Equatorial Guinea 2 At Wolfsburg, Germany Brazil 3, Norway 0 Wednesday, July 6 At Frankfurt Brazil 3, Equatorial Guinea 0 At Leverkusen, Germany Australia 2, Norway 1 QUARTERFINALS Saturday, July 9 At Leverkusen, Germany England 1, France 1 (France wins 4-3 on penalty kicks) At Wolfsburg, Germany Japan 1, Germany 0, OT Sunday, July 10 At Augsburg, Germany Sweden vs. Australia, 7 a.m. At Dresden, Germany Brazil vs. United States, 11:30 a.m.

BASEBALL SEMIFINALS National League ATLANTA BRAVES—Placed 3B Chipper Jones on Wednesday, July 13 the 15-day DL. Recalled INF Brandon Hicks from At Moenchengladbach, Germany Gwinnett (IL). France vs. Brazil-United States winner, Noon PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Reinstated 3B Pedro At Frankfurt Alvarez from the 15-day DL and optioned him to In- Japan vs. Sweden-Australia winner, 2:45 p.m. dianapolis (IL). Eastern League THIRD PLACE ALTOONA CURVE—Announced C Kris Watts was Saturday, July 16 assigned to the team from Indianapolis (IL). At Sinsheim, Germany Semifinal losers, 11:30 a.m. BASKETBALL

Women's National Basketball Association TULSA SHOCK—Announced the resignation of coach Nolan Richardson. Named Teresa Edwards interim coach.

HOCKEY National Hockey League FLORIDA PANTHERS—Acquired RW Sergei Shirokov from Vancouver for LW Mike Duco. Acquired D Keith Seabrook from Calgary for D Jordan Henry. Agreed to terms with F Ryan Carter on a one-year contract. WINNIPEG JETS—Acquired F Kenndal McArdle from Florida for C Angelo Esposito. COLLEGE WESTERN COLLEGIATE HOCKEY ASSOCIATION—Colorado College, Denver, Minnesota Duluth, Nebraska-Omaha and North Dakota announced they are leaving to create the new conference.

F I G H T S C H E D U L E July 15 At Roseland Ballroom, New York (ESPN2), Pawel Wolak vs. Delvin Rodriguez, 10, junior middleweights. At Las Vegas (SHO), Diego Magdaleno vs. Alejandro Perez, 10, for Magdaleno’s NABF junior lightweight title. July 16 At Munich, Germany, Marco Huck vs. Hugo Hernan Garay, 12, for Huck’s WBO cruiserweight title. At Liverpool, England, Ricky Burns vs. Nicky Cook, 12, for Burns’ WBO junior lightweight title. At Blaisdell Center, Honolulu, Julio Cesar Miranda vs. Brian Viloria, 12, for Miranda’s WBO flyweight title. July 20 At Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Danny Green vs. Antonio Tarver, 12, for Green’s IBO cruiserweight title. July 22 At Las Vegas (ESPN2), Anthony Dirrell vs. Alejandro Berrio, 10, super middleweights. At Doubletree Hotel, Ontario, Calif., Juan Carlos Burgos vs. Gilbert Sanchez Leon, 10, featherweights. July 23 At ORiley Events Center, Springfield, Mo., B.J. Flores vs. Nick Iannuzzi, 10, cruiserweights. At Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas (HBO), Amir Khan vs. Zab Judah, 12, for Khan’s WBA and Judah’s IBF junior welterweight titles; Peter Quillin vs. Tarvis Simms, 10, middleweights. At TBA, Mexico, Roman Gonzalez vs. Omar Salado, 12, for Gonzalez’s WBA flyweight title. At Guadalajara, Mexico, Ulises Solis vs. Omar Nino Romero, 12, for Solis’ IBF light flyweight title and interim WBA World super featherweight title. July 29 At South Point Hotel Casino, Las Vegas, Beibut Shumenov vs. Danny Santiago, 12, for Shumenov’s WBA World light heavyweight title. At Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas (ESPN2), Victor Cayo vs. Lamont Peterson, 12, IBF super lightweight eliminator; Edison Miranda vs. Yordanis Despaigne, 10, light heavyweights. Aug. 10 At Tokyo, Kazuto Ioka vs. Juan Hernandez, 12, for Ioka’s WBC minimumweight title. Aug. 13 At Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas (SHO), Joseph Agbeko vs. Abner Mares, 12, for Agbeko’s IBF bantamweight title. Aug. 20 At Donetsk, Ukraine, Viacheslav Senchenko, vs. Marco Avendano, 12, for Senchecko’s WBA World welterweight title. Aug. 27 At HP Pavilion, San Jose, Calif. (HBO), Marcos Maidana vs. Robert Guerrero, 12, for Maidana’s WBA interim junior welterweight title. Sept. 10 At Wroclaw, Poland (HBO), Vitali Klitschko vs. Tomasz Adamek, 12, for Klitschko’s WBC heavyweight title. Sept. 17 At Las Vegas, Victor Ortiz vs. Floyd Mayweather, 12, for Ortiz’s WBC welterweight title. Nov. 12 At MGM Grand, Las Vegas (PPV), Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez, 12, for Pacquiao’s WBO welterweight title.

S O C C E R 2011 Women's World Cup

CHAMPIONSHIP Sunday, July 17 At Frankfurt Semifinal winners, 2:45 p.m.

I N T E R N A T I O N A L L E A G U E North Division W L Pct. Lehigh Valley (Phillies) ........... 51 37 .580 Pawtucket (Red Sox) .............. 49 41 .544 Yankees ................................... 47 40 .540 Syracuse (Nationals)............... 38 48 .442 Buffalo (Mets)........................... 38 52 .422 Rochester (Twins) ................... 34 54 .386 South Division W L Pct. Durham (Rays) ....................... 48 40 .545 Gwinnett (Braves) .................. 48 41 .539 Charlotte (White Sox)............ 45 45 .500 Norfolk (Orioles)..................... 35 54 .393 West Division W L Pct. Columbus (Indians)................ 58 31 .652 Louisville (Reds) .................... 49 42 .538 Indianapolis (Pirates) ............. 46 45 .505 Toledo (Tigers)....................... 37 53 .411 Saturday's Games Yankees 9, Rochester 0, 1st game Charlotte 2, Gwinnett 0, 1st game Pawtucket 2, Buffalo 0 Lehigh Valley at Syracuse, 7 p.m. Columbus at Toledo, 7 p.m. Indianapolis 2, Louisville 0 Durham at Norfolk, 7:15 p.m. Rochester at Yankees, 8:05 p.m., 2nd game Charlotte at Gwinnett, 8:35 p.m., 2nd game Today's Games Rochester at Yankees, 1:05 p.m. Buffalo at Pawtucket, 1:05 p.m. Durham at Norfolk, 1:15 p.m. Lehigh Valley at Syracuse, 2 p.m. Louisville at Indianapolis, 2:05 p.m. Charlotte at Gwinnett, 2:05 p.m. Columbus at Toledo, 6 p.m.

GB — 3 31⁄2 12 14 17 GB — 1 ⁄2 4 131⁄2 GB — 10 13 211⁄2

E A S T E R N L E A G U E Eastern Division W L Pct. GB New Hampshire (Blue Jays) . 49 36 .576 — Trenton (Yankees) ................. 48 40 .545 21⁄2 New Britain (Twins) ............... 45 40 .529 4 Reading (Phillies)................... 45 43 .511 51⁄2 Portland (Red Sox) ................ 34 52 .395 151⁄2 Binghamton (Mets) ................ 32 55 .368 18 Western Division W L Pct. GB Harrisburg (Nationals)............. 51 35 .593 — Richmond (Giants) .................. 46 39 .541 41⁄2 Bowie (Orioles) ........................ 44 41 .518 61⁄2 Akron (Indians)......................... 45 43 .511 7 Erie (Tigers) ............................. 42 45 .483 91⁄2 Altoona (Pirates) ...................... 37 49 .430 14 Saturday's Games Binghamton 7, New Britain 6, 1st game Richmond 3, Harrisburg 1, 1st game Reading 6, Trenton 4 Bowie at Altoona, 7 p.m. Erie at Akron, 7:05 p.m. Portland at New Hampshire, 7:05 p.m. Binghamton at New Britain, 7:35 p.m., 2nd game Harrisburg at Richmond, 8:05 p.m., 2nd game Today's Games Erie at Akron, 1:05 p.m. Binghamton at New Britain, 1:35 p.m. Harrisburg at Richmond, 5:05 p.m. Bowie at Altoona, 6 p.m. Trenton at Reading, 6:05 p.m. Portland at New Hampshire, 6:35 p.m.

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McNamara Division W L Pct. GB Staten Island (Yankees).......... 18 3 .857 —

Brooklyn (Mets) ....................... 12 10 .545 61⁄2 Hudson Valley (Rays) ............. 11 10 .524 7 Aberdeen (Orioles).................. 4 19 .174 15 Pinckney Division W L Pct. GB Jamestown (Marlins)............... 15 8 .652 — Mahoning Valley (Indians)...... 13 9 .591 11⁄2 Batavia (Cardinals) .................. 12 10 .545 21⁄2 Auburn (Nationals)................... 12 11 .522 3 Williamsport (Phillies) ............. 10 12 .455 41⁄2 1 State College (Pirates) ............ 5 17 .227 9 ⁄2 Stedler Division W L Pct. GB Vermont (Athletics) ................. 13 7 .650 — Lowell (Red Sox) ..................... 11 11 .500 3 Connecticut (Tigers) ............... 8 12 .400 5 Tri-City (Astros) ....................... 8 13 .381 51⁄2 Saturday's Games Hudson Valley 10, Lowell 3 Staten Island 2, Vermont 1 Aberdeen 2, Tri-City 0 Brooklyn 3, Connecticut 2 Jamestown 8, Auburn 4 Batavia at State College, 7:05 p.m. Mahoning Valley at Williamsport, 7:05 p.m. Today's Games Staten Island at Vermont, 1:05 p.m. Brooklyn at Connecticut, 1:05 p.m. Aberdeen at Tri-City, 5 p.m. Hudson Valley at Lowell, 5:05 p.m. Mahoning Valley at Williamsport, 5:05 p.m. Jamestown at Auburn, 6:05 p.m. Batavia at State College, 6:05 p.m. Monday's Games Aberdeen at Tri-City, 7 p.m. Jamestown at Auburn, 7:05 p.m. Brooklyn at Connecticut, 7:05 p.m. Hudson Valley at Lowell, 7:05 p.m. Batavia at State College, 7:05 p.m. Staten Island at Vermont, 7:05 p.m. Mahoning Valley at Williamsport, 7:05 p.m.

G O L F U.S. Women's Open Scores Colorado Springs, Colo. Purse: $3.25 million Yardage: 7,047;Par 71 a-amateur Mika Miyazato .....................................70-67—137 -5 Ai Miyazato..........................................70-68—138 -4 I.K. Kim ................................................70-69—139 -3 Stacy Lewis.........................................68-73—141 -1 Ryann O’Toole....................................69-72—141 -1 Lizette Salas .......................................69-73—142 E Angela Stanford..................................72-70—142 E Paula Creamer....................................72-70—142 E Wendy Ward .......................................73-69—142 E Eun-Hee Ji ..........................................73-69—142 E Sun Young Yoo ..................................74-68—142 E So Yeon Ryu.......................................74-69—143+1 Karrie Webb........................................70-73—143+1 Cristie Kerr ..........................................71-72—143+1 Se Ri Pak ............................................74-70—144+2 Inbee Park...........................................71-73—144+2 Leta Lindley ........................................73-71—144+2 Hee Young Park.................................73-71—144+2 Mariajo Uribe ......................................75-69—144+2 Amy Yang ............................................75-69—144+2 a-Moriya Jutanugarn..........................76-69—145+3 Jiyai Shin .............................................73-72—145+3 Hee Kyung Seo ..................................72-73—145+3 Azahara Munoz...................................74-71—145+3 Candie Kung .......................................76-69—145+3 Mi-Jeong Jeon....................................72-73—145+3 Sakura Yokomine ..............................72-74—146+4 Song Hee Kim ....................................73-73—146+4 Brittany Lang .......................................72-74—146+4 Catriona Matthew................................76-70—146+4 Yani Tseng ..........................................73-73—146+4 Suzann Pettersen ..............................71-75—146+4 Jean Chua ...........................................77-69—146+4 Meena Lee ..........................................75-71—146+4 a-Amy Anderson.................................69-77—146+4 Karin Sjodin ........................................74-73—147+5 Morgan Pressel ..................................75-72—147+5 Danah Bordner ...................................73-74—147+5 Alison Walshe.....................................74-73—147+5 Chella Choi .........................................71-76—147+5 Sue Kim ...............................................73-74—147+5 Harukyo Nomura................................77-70—147+5 Lindsey Wright....................................76-71—147+5 a-Victoria Tanco .................................78-69—147+5 Becky Morgan.....................................75-72—147+5 Lee-Anne Pace ..................................75-72—147+5 Yoo Kyeong Kim ................................74-74—148+6 Shinobu Moromizato..........................76-72—148+6 Sherri Steinhauer ...............................72-76—148+6 Jessica Korda .....................................73-75—148+6 Beatriz Recari .....................................76-72—148+6 a-Lindy Duncan ..................................70-78—148+6 Natalie Gulbis......................................73-75—148+6 Maria Hjorth ........................................70-78—148+6 Vicky Hurst..........................................76-72—148+6 Shanshan Feng ..................................76-72—148+6 Jennifer Johnson................................75-74—149+7 Junthima Gulyanamitta......................73-76—149+7 Bo Mee Lee.........................................77-72—149+7 Brittany Lincicome..............................75-74—149+7 a-Danielle Kang ..................................72-77—149+7 Meaghan Francella ............................76-73—149+7 Shinae Ahn .........................................74-75—149+7 Karen Stupples...................................72-77—149+7 Paola Moreno .....................................73-76—149+7 Jinyoung Pak ......................................77-72—149+7 Michelle Wie .......................................78-71—149+7 Sandra Gal ..........................................77-72—149+7 Soojin Yang.........................................75-74—149+7 Gwladys Nocera.................................78-71—149+7 Anya Sarai Alvarez ............................73-76—149+7 Mina Harigae ......................................75-74—149+7 Failed to qualify Mihyun Kim .......................................74-76—150 +8 Sophie Gustafson ............................74-76—150 +8 Anna Nordqvist ................................74-76—150 +8 M.J. Hur.............................................74-76—150 +8 a-Christina Proteau..........................77-73—150 +8 Jimin Kang ........................................75-75—150 +8 Momoko Ueda..................................78-72—150 +8 Amanda Blumenherst ......................76-74—150 +8 Juli Inkster.........................................74-76—150 +8 a-Kelly Shon .....................................74-76—150 +8 Jennifer Rosales ..............................76-74—150 +8 Teresa Lu..........................................73-77—150 +8 Sarah-Jane Smith ............................74-77—151 +9 Heewon Han .....................................76-75—151 +9 Cindy Lacrosse ................................71-80—151 +9 Jaclyn Sweeney ...............................80-71—151 +9 Silvia Cavalleri..................................79-73—152+10 Sun Ju Ahn .......................................76-76—152+10 a-Stephanie Kono ............................78-74—152+10 Reilley Rankin ..................................80-72—152+10 Na Yeon Choi ...................................78-74—152+10 Christina Kim ....................................74-78—152+10 Saehee Son......................................76-76—152+10 Jee Young Lee .................................75-77—152+10 Aree Song .........................................74-78—152+10 a-Emma Talley .................................75-77—152+10 Katherine Hull ...................................74-79—153+11 Laura Davies ....................................78-75—153+11 Hye Youn Kim ..................................76-77—153+11 Amy Hung..........................................77-76—153+11 Julieta Granada................................75-78—153+11 Alena Sharp......................................74-79—153+11 a-Xiyu Lin ..........................................72-81—153+11 Melissa Reid .....................................77-76—153+11 Anna Grzebien .................................77-76—153+11 Kristy McPherson ............................73-80—153+11 Haeji Kang ........................................78-75—153+11 Alexis Thompson .............................77-76—153+11 Stacy Prammanasudh.....................75-78—153+11 a-Rachel Rohanna...........................73-80—153+11 Belen Mozo.......................................75-78—153+11 Pat Hurst............................................75-79—154+12 Young-A Yang ..................................75-79—154+12 Nicole Hage ......................................76-78—154+12 a-Ariya Jutanugarn ..........................75-79—154+12 Katie Futcher ....................................78-76—154+12 Michele Redman ..............................75-79—154+12 Heather Bowie Young .....................76-78—154+12 a-Erynne Lee....................................80-74—154+12 Yukari Baba.......................................75-79—154+12 Jennifer Song ...................................78-76—154+12 a-Jennifer Kirby................................77-77—154+12 Sarah Kemp......................................77-78—155+13 a-Kyung Kim .....................................75-80—155+13 Seon Hwa Lee..................................74-81—155+13 Kyeong Bae ......................................78-77—155+13 Laura Diaz.........................................75-80—155+13 Katy Harris ........................................78-77—155+13 Mallory Blackwelder ........................77-78—155+13 Shi Hyun Ahn ...................................81-74—155+13 Naon Min ...........................................77-79—156+14 a-Emily Collins .................................78-78—156+14 a-Brittany Marchand ........................81-75—156+14 a-Lisa McCloskey ............................76-80—156+14 Dewi Claire Schreefel .....................77-79—156+14 Birdie Kim..........................................83-74—157+15 Joanna Coe ......................................80-77—157+15 Whitney Wade..................................80-78—158+16 a-Chelsea Mocio..............................81-78—159+17 Betsy King.........................................83-77—160+18 a-Doris Chen ....................................80-80—160+18 Whitney Neuhauser .........................80-80—160+18 a-Christine Wolf ...............................77-84—161+19 Brittany Johnston .............................81-80—161+19 Lauren Doughtie ..............................80-81—161+19 Jane Park ..........................................76-85—161+19 Garrett Phillips..................................79-82—161+19 Sofie Andersson ..............................79-83—162+20 a-Mariah Stackhouse ......................79-84—163+21 Ashley Prange ..................................79-84—163+21 Jessi Gebhardt .................................82-82—164+22 a-Margarita Ramos..........................85-79—164+22 a-Gabriella Then ..............................80-85—165+23 a-Mariel Galdiano ............................85-85—170+28

PGA Tour John Deere Classic Scores Purse: $4.5 million Yardage: 7,268; Par: 71 Third Round Steve Stricker ....................................66-64-63—193 Brendon de Jonge ............................66-66-63—195 Chez Reavie ......................................66-62-68—196 Kyle Stanley.......................................65-67-65—197 Cameron Percy .................................66-67-67—200 Mark Wilson.......................................65-67-68—200 Cameron Tringale .............................70-66-65—201 Dean Wilson ......................................69-65-67—201 Charles Warren.................................67-68-67—202 Aron Price ..........................................69-66-67—202 Zach Johnson....................................66-69-67—202 Nathan Green ....................................69-64-69—202 David Mathis ......................................68-65-69—202

Marco Dawson...................................68-69-66—203 Will MacKenzie .................................67-70-66—203 Brian Davis.........................................70-66-67—203 Todd Hamilton ...................................70-66-67—203 Woody Austin ....................................69-67-67—203 Scott Stallings ...................................69-66-68—203 Cameron Beckman ...........................66-69-68—203 Michael Letzig ...................................70-65-68—203 Davis Love III.....................................64-70-69—203 Lee Janzen ........................................66-68-69—203 Matt McQuillan...................................64-69-70—203 John Mallinger...................................68-65-70—203 Arjun Atwal.........................................67-66-70—203 Steve Marino .....................................64-66-73—203 Michael Thompson ...........................71-66-67—204 Brett Wetterich ..................................69-68-67—204 Bryce Molder .....................................71-66-67—204 Shane Bertsch...................................71-66-67—204 Brian Gay............................................68-67-69—204 Chris Couch.......................................70-65-69—204 D.A. Points.........................................66-68-70—204 Charles Howell III..............................66-68-70—204 Kris Blanks .........................................63-71-70—204 Jim Herman........................................66-68-70—204 Michael Putnam ................................70-68-67—205 John Merrick ......................................67-71-67—205 Ben Martin .........................................67-70-68—205 Sunghoon Kang ................................72-65-68—205 J.J. Henry...........................................68-68-69—205 Troy Merritt ........................................68-68-69—205 Andres Gonzales ..............................68-68-69—205 William McGirt ...................................67-67-71—205 Billy Mayfair........................................67-66-72—205 Jason Bohn........................................72-66-68—206 Briny Baird..........................................68-70-68—206 Scott Piercy .......................................70-67-69—206 Craig Bowden....................................67-70-69—206 John Rollins .......................................72-65-69—206 Josh Teater ........................................66-70-70—206 Chad Campbell .................................67-69-70—206 Heath Slocum ....................................70-66-70—206 Kirk Triplett.........................................68-65-73—206 Kent Jones.........................................70-68-69—207 Frank Lickliter II .................................68-70-69—207 Tim Petrovic.......................................69-69-69—207 Chris Kirk ...........................................68-69-70—207 Michael Sim .......................................67-70-70—207 David Hearn.......................................67-69-71—207 Joe Ogilvie .........................................69-67-71—207 Steven Bowditch ...............................67-68-72—207 Jhonattan Vegas ...............................68-64-75—207 Rod Pampling....................................69-69-70—208 James Driscoll ...................................71-67-70—208 Troy Matteson....................................67-69-72—208 Michael Connell ................................69-66-73—208 Alex Prugh .........................................69-68-72—209 Duffy Waldorf.....................................67-69-73—209 Chris Stroud.......................................69-64-76—209 D.J. Trahan ........................................67-70-74—211 Jason Day ..........................................67-69-75—211

W TA Collector Swedish Open At Bastad Tennis Stadiun Bastad, Sweden Purse: $220,000 (Intl.) Surface: Clay-Outdoor THURSDAY Singles Quarterfinals Polona Hercog (8), Slovenia, def. Vesna Dolonts, Russia, 6-2, 6-4. Johanna Larsson, Sweden, def. Lourdes Dominguez Lino (4), Spain, 6-4, 3-6, 7-5. Sofia Arvidsson, Sweden, def. Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, Spain, 4-6, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (3). Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (7), Czech Republic, def. Flavia Pennetta (2), Italy, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3. Doubles Quarterfinals Nuria Llagostera Vives and Arantxa Parra Santonja (3), Spain, def. Eleni Daniilidou, Greece, and Polona Hercog, Slovenia, 6-4, 4-6, 10-5 tiebreak. Vesna Dolonts, Russia, and Anna Tatishvili, Georgia, def. Sorana Cirstea, Romania, and Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic, 6-2, 6-3. FRIDAY Singles Semifinals Johanna Larsson, Sweden, def. Sofia Arvidsson, Sweden, 6-3, 6-1. Polona Hercog (8), Slovenia, def. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (7), Czech Republic, 6-2, 4-6, 7-5. Doubles Semifinals Nuria Llagostera Vives and Arantxa Parra Santonja (3), Spain, def. Vesna Dolonts, Russia, and Anna Tatishvili, Georgia, 7-6 (6), 6-1. Lourdes Dominguez Lino and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, Spain, def. Vera Dushevina and Alla Kudryavtseva (4), Russia, 6-3, 6-2. SATURDAY Singles Championship Polona Hercog (8), Slovenia, def. Johanna Larsson, Sweden, 6-4, 7-5. Doubles Championship Lourdes Dominguez Lino and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez, Spain, Nuria Llagostera Vives and Arantxa Parra Santonja (3), Spain, 6-3, 6-3.

B A S E B A L L MLB All-Star Game Tuesday, July 12 At Chase Field, Phoenix (s-starter, elected by fans;m-managers pick;p-players' selection;i-injured, will not play;r-injury replacement;f-Final Vote selection) American League PITCHERS — p-Josh Beckett, Boston;m-Aaron Crow, Kansas City;m-Gio Gonzalez, Oakland;pFelix Hernandez, Seattle;p-Brandon League, Seattle;p-Chris Perez, Cleveland;m-David Price, Tampa Bay;pi-Mariano Rivera, N.Y. Yankees;p-James Shields, Tampa Bay;m-Jose Valverde, Detroit;pJustin Verlander, Detroit;r-Jordan Walden, L.A. Angeles;p-Jered Weaver, L.A. Angels;m-C.J. Wilson, Texas. CATCHERS — s-Alex Avila, Detroit;p-Russell Martin, N.Y. Yankees;m-Matt Wieters, Baltimore. INFIELDERS — p-Adrian Beltre, Texas;p-Asdrubal Cabrera, Cleveland;p-Miguel Cabrera, Detroit;sRobinson Cano, N.Y. Yankees;s-Adrian Gonzalez, Boston;s-Derek Jeter, N.Y. Yankees;p-Howie Kendrick, L.A. Angels;f-Paul Konerko, Chicago White Sox;s-Alex Rodriguez, N.Y. Yankees. OUTFIELDERS — s-Jose Bautista, Toronto;m-Michael Cuddyer, Minnesota;p-Jacoby Ellsbury, Boston;s-Curtis Granderson, N.Y. Yankees;s-Josh Hamilton, Texas;p-Matt Joyce, Tampa Bay;p-Carlos Quentin, Chicago White Sox. DESIGNATED HITTERS — s-David Ortiz, Boston;p-Michael Young, Texas. National League PITCHERS — m-Heath Bell, San Diego Padres;mMatt Cain, San Francisco;m-Tyler Clippard, Washington;p-Roy Halladay, Philadelphia;p-Cole Hamels, Philadelphia;p-Joel Hanrahan, Pittsburgh;pJair Jurrjens, Atlanta;p-Clayton Kershaw, L.A. Dodgers;p-Cliff Lee, Philadelphia;m-Tim Lincecum, San Francisco;p-Jonny Venters, Atlanta;mRyan Vogelsong, San Francisco;p-Brian Wilson, San Francisco. CATCHERS — s-Brian McCann, Atlanta;p-Yadier Molina, St. Louis. INFIELDERS — m-Starlin Castro, Chicago;sPrince Fielder, Milwaukee;p-Chipper Jones, Atlanta;p-Brandon Phillips, Cincinnati;s-Placido Polanco, Philadelphia;s-Jose Reyes, N.Y. Mets;m-Gaby Sanchez, Florida;p-Troy Tulowitzki, Colorado;pJoey Votto, Cincinnati;s-Rickie Weeks, Milwaukee. OUTFIELDERS — m-Carlos Beltran, N.Y. Mets;sLance Berkman, St. Louis;s-Ryan Braun, Milwaukee;p-Jay Bruce, Cincinnati;p-Matt Holliday, St. Louis;s-Matt Kemp, L.A. Dodgers;p-Hunter Pence, Houston;m-Justin Upton, Arizona;f-Shane Victorino, Philadelphia. All-Star Final Vote Standings American League 1. Paul Konerko, Chicago White Sox, 8.4 million votes 2. Victor Martinez, Detroit 3. Alex Gordon, Kansas City 4. Adam Jones, Baltimore 5. Ben Zobrist, Tampa Bay National League 1. Shane Victorino, Philadelphia, 9.2 million votes 2. Andre Ethier, L.A. Dodgers 3. Todd Helton, Colorado 4. Mike Morse, Washington 5. Ian Kennedy, Arizona

R A C I N G IRL-Honda Indy Toronto Saturday qualifying At Toronto Street Circuit Lap length: 1.75 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (12) Will Power, Dallara-Honda, 106.047. 2. (9) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, 105.892. 3. (10) Dario Franchitti, Dallara-Honda, 105.476. 4. (27) Mike Conway, Dallara-Honda, 105.418. 5. (38) Graham Rahal, Dallara-Honda, 105.219. 6. (2) Oriol Servia, Dallara-Honda, 104.717. 7. (19) Sebastien Bourdais, Dallara-Honda, 105.61. 8. (28) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Honda, 105.526. 9. (77) Alex Tagliani, Dallara-Honda, 105.493. 10. (6) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Honda, 105.472. 11. (22) Justin Wilson, Dallara-Honda, 105.364. 12. (3) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, 105.28. 13. (06) James Hinchcliffe, Dallara-Honda, 105.591. 14. (14) Vitor Meira, Dallara-Honda, 105.323. 15. (34) Sebastian Saavedra, Dallara-Honda, 105.407. 16. (82) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, 105.274. 17. (78) Simona de Silvestro, Dallara-Honda, 105.159. 18. (59) E.J. Viso, Dallara-Honda, 105.091. 19. (5) Takuma Sato, Dallara-Honda, 105.124. 20. (26) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, 105.03. 21. (7) Danica Patrick, Dallara-Honda, 104.7. 22. (4) J.R. Hildebrand, Dallara-Honda, 104.521. 23. (18) James Jakes, Dallara-Honda, 104.219. 24. (8) Paul Tracy, Dallara-Honda, 104.512. 25. (83) Charlie Kimball, Dallara-Honda, 104.178. 26. (24) Ana Beatriz, Dallara-Honda, 103.929.

THE TIMES LEADER American Le Mans-Northeast Grand Prix Results Saturday At Lime Rock Park Lakeville, Conn. 1. (1) Chris Dyson, Pleasant Valley, N.Y.;Guy Smith, Bracken, Yorkshire;Lola B09 86/Mazda (1, LMP1), 187. 2. (3) Lucas Luhr, Monte Carlo;Klaus Graf, Dornham;AMR/Lola Coupe B08 62 (2, LMP1), 187. 3. (2) Humaid Al Masaood, Abu Dhabi;Steven Kane, Newtownards;Lola B09⁄86 Mazda (3, LMP1), 182. 4. (4) Eric Lux, Jacksonville, Fla.;Elton Julian, Santa Monica, Calif.;Oreca FLM09 (1, LMPC), 181. 5. (5) Ricardo Gonzalez, Monterrey;Gunnar Jeannette, Salt Lake City;Oreca FLM09 (2, LMPC), 181. 6. (6) Tomy Drissi, Los Angeles;Kyle Marcelli, Barrie, Ontario;Oreca FLM09 (3, LMPC), 180. 7. (10) Joey Hand, Sacramento, Calif.;Dirk Mueller, Monte Carlo;BMW M3 GT (1, GT), 176. 8. (12) Patrick Long, Bellaire, Fla.;Joerg Bergmeister, Langenfield;Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (2, GT), 176. 9. (9) Jarrett Boon, Phoenix;Anthony Nicolosi, Palm Beach, Fla.;Oreca FLM09 (4, LMPC), 175. 10. (7) Frankie Montecalvo, Highlands, N.J.;Jon Bennett, Fort Mill, S.C.;Oreca FLM09 (5, LMPC), 175. 11. (18) Bryan Sellers, Braselton, Ga.;Wolf Henzler, Nuertingen;Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (3, GT), 174. 12. (16) David Murry, Atlanta;Anthony Lazzaro, Atlanta;Doran Ford GT (4, GT), 174. 13. (19) Scott Sharp, Jupiter, Fla.;Johannes van Overbeek, San Francisco;Ferrari F458 Italia (5, GT), 174. 14. (21) Bryce Miller, Summit, N.J.;Sascha Maassen, Lontzen;Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (6, GT), 172. 15. (15) Seth Neiman, San Francisco;Marco Holzer, Lochau;Porsche 911 GT3 RSR (7, GT), 165. 16. (25) Mike Piera, Newtown, Conn.;Dion von Moltke, Coral Gables, Fla.;Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (1, GTC), 164. 17. (26) Duncan Ende, Los Angeles;Spencer Pumpelly, Mason Neck, Va.;Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (2, GTC), 164. 18. (27) Bill Sweedler, Westport, Conn.;Butch Leitzinger, Rebersburg, Pa.;Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (3, GTC), 164. 19. (23) Tim Pappas, Boston;Damien Faulkner, County Donegal;Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (4, GTC), 164. 20. (11) Dirk Werner, Kissenbrck;Bill Auberlen, Redondo Beach, Calif.;BMW M3 GT (8, GT), 163. 21. (14) Olivier Beretta, Monte Carlo;Tommy Milner, Leesburg, Va.;Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1 (9, GT), 161. 22. (29) James Sofronas, Newport Beach, Calif.;Alex Welch, Englewood, Colo.;Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (5, GTC), 160. 23. (13) Jan Magnussen, Roskilde;Oliver Gavin, Yardley Hastings;Chevrolet Corvette C6 ZR1 (10, GT), 156. 24. (17) Ed Brown, Las Vegas;Guy Cosmo, West Palm Beach, Fla.;Ferrari F458 Italia (11, GT), 153. 25. (24) Chris Thompson, Englewood, Colo.;Nick Ham, Evergreen, Colo.;Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (6, GTC), 149. 26. (20) Cristiano da Matta, Belo, Horizonte;Bruno Junqueira, Brazil;Jaguar XKR (12, GT), 149. 27. (8) James Kovacic, Forrester Beach;Jon Field, Dublin, Ohio;Oreca FLM09 (6, LMPC), 126, Mechanical. 28. (28) Andrea Robertson and David Robertson, Ray, Mich.;Doran Ford GT/Elan (13, GT), 116, Mechanical. 29. (31) Toni Vilander, Kankaanpaa;Jaime Melo, Milan;Ferrari F458 Italia (14, GT), 79, Mechanical. 30. (22) Peter Lesaffre, Rye, N.H.;Jaap van Lagen, Ede;Porsche 911 GT3 Cup (7, GTC), 74. 31. (30) PJ Jones, Torrance, Calif.;Rocky Moran, Ladera Ranch, Calif.;Jaguar XKR (15, GT), 49.

NASCAR Nationwide-Feed The Children 300 Results Friday At Kentucky Speedway Sparta, Ky. Lap length: 1.5 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (5) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 200 laps, 143.5 rating, 0 points, $74,100. 2. (6) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 200, 133.4, 0, $55,325. 3. (41) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 200, 106.5, 0, $37,375. 4. (18) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 200, 97.6, 0, $27,925. 5. (1) Elliott Sadler, Chevrolet, 200, 108.5, 40, $33,968. 6. (19) Kenny Wallace, Toyota, 200, 84.5, 38, $26,543. 7. (21) Michael Annett, Toyota, 200, 86.4, 37, $24,668. 8. (2) Carl Edwards, Ford, 200, 118.6, 0, $17,375. 9. (3) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 200, 109, 35, $24,818. 10. (4) Joey Logano, Toyota, 200, 102.3, 0, $16,450. 11. (10) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 199, 101.5, 33, $21,543. 12. (13) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 199, 74.8, 33, $22,318. 13. (14) Jason Leffler, Chevrolet, 199, 91.4, 31, $20,718. 14. (12) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 199, 90.2, 0, $13,300. 15. (7) Brian Scott, Toyota, 199, 88.8, 29, $20,068. 16. (17) Mike Wallace, Chevrolet, 199, 68.9, 29, $20,868. 17. (11) Reed Sorenson, Chevrolet, 199, 81.4, 27, $19,193. 18. (26) David Reutimann, Toyota, 199, 73.5, 0, $12,575. 19. (8) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 199, 88.6, 25, $18,918. 20. (20) Aric Almirola, Chevrolet, 198, 77.3, 24, $19,293. 21. (9) Steve Wallace, Toyota, 198, 75.4, 23, $18,893. 22. (27) Blake Koch, Dodge, 198, 64.3, 22, $19,543. 23. (23) David Stremme, Chevrolet, 196, 64, 0, $18,793. 24. (16) Mike Bliss, Chevrolet, 196, 69.1, 20, $18,243. 25. (22) Derrike Cope, Chevrolet, 196, 54.7, 19, $18,718. 26. (34) Timmy Hill, Ford, 195, 49.5, 18, $17,973. 27. (32) Eric McClure, Chevrolet, 194, 48.4, 17, $18,243. 28. (39) Charles Lewandoski, Chevrolet, 193, 44.3, 16, $17,723. 29. (35) Kevin Lepage, Chevrolet, 193, 47.4, 15, $17,588. 30. (38) Jamie Dick, Chevrolet, 193, 44.1, 0, $11,310. 31. (42) Jeremy Clements, Chevrolet, 176, 42, 13, $17,368. 32. (29) Jennifer Jo Cobb, Dodge, ignition, 169, 37.1, 12, $10,790. 33. (40) Robert Richardson Jr., Chevrolet, accident, 119, 36.2, 11, $17,148. 34. (30) Morgan Shepherd, Chevrolet, accident, 104, 53.1, 10, $17,038. 35. (15) Will Kimmel, Ford, accident, 62, 55.4, 9, $16,928. 36. (28) Scott Riggs, Dodge, overheating, 20, 41.7, 0, $10,425. 37. (25) Jeff Green, Chevrolet, vibration, 18, 41.2, 7, $10,375. 38. (36) Tim Andrews, Chevrolet, transmission, 11, 36.1, 6, $10,330. 39. (37) Johnny Chapman, Chevrolet, ignition, 10, 35.5, 5, $10,295. 40. (43) Mike Harmon, Chevrolet, brakes, 7, 32, 4, $10,210. 41. (33) Chase Miller, Chevrolet, ignition, 3, 33.9, 3, $10,150. 42. (24) John Jackson, Toyota, electrical, 3, 32.4, 2, $10,120. 43. (31) Dennis Setzer, Chevrolet, brakes, 2, 30.8, 1, $10,053. Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 138.408 mph. Time of Race: 2 hours, 10 minutes, 3 seconds. Margin of Victory: 1.180 seconds. Caution Flags: 5 for 24 laps. Lead Changes: 8 among 6 drivers. Lap Leaders: E.Sadler 1-8;K.Harvick 9-43;C.Edwards 44;K.Harvick 45-65;B.Keselowski 66;M.Wallace 67;B.Keselowski 68-134;J.Nemechek 135-136;B.Keselowski 137-200. Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): B.Keselowski, 3 times for 132 laps;K.Harvick, 2 times for 56 laps;E.Sadler, 1 time for 8 laps;J.Nemechek, 1 time for 2 laps;C.Edwards, 1 time for 1 lap;M.Wallace, 1 time for 1 lap. Top 10 in Points: 1. E.Sadler, 641;2. R.Sorenson, 637;3. R.Stenhouse Jr., 614;4. J.Allgaier, 598;5. J.Leffler, 568;6. A.Almirola, 553;7. K.Wallace, 532;8. S.Wallace, 490;9. M.Annett, 483;10. B.Scott, 483. NASCAR Driver Rating Formula A maximum of 150 points can be attained in a race. The formula combines the following categories: Wins, Finishes, Top-15 Finishes, Average Running Position While on Lead Lap, Average Speed Under Green, Fastest Lap, Led Most Laps, Lead-Lap Finish.

T O U R D E F R A N C E Saturday At Super-Besse, France Eighth Stage A 117.4-mile medium-mountain ride from Aigurande to Super-Besse, with a Category 2 climb followed by a Category 3 climb to the finish 1. Rui Alberto Costa, Portugal, Movistar, 4 hours, 36 minutes, 46 seconds. 2. Philippe Gilbert, Belgium, Omega Pharma-Lotto, 12 seconds behind. 3. Cadel Evans, Australia, BMC, :15. 4. Samuel Sanchez, Spain, Euskaltel-Euskadi, same time. 5. Peter Velits, Slovakia, HTC-Highroad, same time. 6. Dries Devenyns, Belgium, Quick Step, same time. 7. Damiano Cunego, Italy, Lampre-ISD, same time. 8. Alberto Contador, Spain, Saxo Bank Sungard, same time. 9. Andy Schleck, Luxembourg, Leopard-Trek, same time. 10. Frank Schleck, Luxembourg, Leopard-Trek, same time. 11. Rigoberto Uran, Colombia, same time. 12. Jurgen Van Den Broeck, Belgium, Omega Pharma-Lotto, same time. 13. Andreas Kloeden, Germany, RadioShack, same time. 14. Ivan Basso, Italy, Liquigas-Cannondale, same time. 15. Christian Vande Velde, United States, Garmin-

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Cervelo, same time. 16. Thor Hushovd, Norway, Garmin-Cervelo, same time. 17. Tom Danielson, United States, Garmin-Cervelo, same time. 18. Jakob Fuglsang, Denmark, Leopard-Trek, same time. 19. Nicolas Roche, Ireland, AG2R La Mondiale, same time. 20. Tony Martin, Germany, HTC-Highroad, same time. Also 26. David Millar, Britain, Garmin-Cervelo, :26. 30. Levi Leipheimer, United States, RadioShack, :29. 66. Tejay Van Garderen, United States, HTC-Highroad, 2:12. 89. George Hincapie, United States, BMC, 5:36. 116. Brent Bookwalter, United States, BMC, 11:11. 165. Tyler Farrar, United States, Garmin-Cervelo, 19:59. 176. David Zabriskie, United States, Garmin-Cervelo, same time. 178. Danny Pate, United States, HTC-Highroad, same time. Overall Standings (After eight stages) 1. Thor Hushovd, Norway, Garmin-Cervelo, 33 hours, 6 minutes, 28 seconds. 2. Cadel Evans, Australia, BMC, 1 second behind. 3. Frank Schleck, Luxembourg, Leopard-Trek, :04. 4. Andreas Kloeden, Germany, RadioShack, :10. 5. Jakob Fuglsang, Denmark, Leopard-Trek, :12. 6. Andy Schleck, Luxembourg, Leopard-Trek, same time. 7. Tony Martin, Germany, HTC-Highroad, :13. 8. Peter Velits, Slovakia, HTC-Highroad, same time. 9. David Millar, Britain, Garmin-Cervelo, :19. 10. Philippe Gilbert, Belgium, Omega Pharma-Lotto, :30. 11. Alexandre Vinokourov, Kazakhstan, Astana, :32. 12. Jurgen Van Den Broeck, Belgium, Omega Pharma-Lotto, :39. 13. Ivan Basso, Italy, Liquigas-Cannondale, 1:03. 14. Nicolas Roche, Ireland, AG2R La Mondial, 1:12. 15. Damiano Cunego, Italy, Lampre-ISD, same time. 16. Kevin De Weert, Belgium, Quick Steop, 1:22. 17. Robert Gesink, Netherlands, Rabobank, 1:28. 18. Jose Joaquin Rojas, Spain, Movistar, 1:29. 19. Thomas Voeckler, France, Europcar, same time. 20. Alberto Contador, Spain, Saxo Bank Sungard, 1:42.

M L S EASTERN CONFERENCE ............................................................WL TPtsGFGA New York........................................... 6310 28 34 23 Philadelphia ...................................... 74 6 27 21 16 Columbus.......................................... 75 6 27 21 19 Sporting Kansas City ....................... 56 6 21 22 23 Houston ............................................. 46 8 20 21 22 D.C..................................................... 45 7 19 23 29 Chicago ............................................. 2412 18 19 22 Toronto FC........................................ 38 9 18 17 34 New England .................................... 38 7 16 16 24 WESTERN CONFERENCE ............................................................. WLTPtsGFGA Los Angeles ....................................... 929 36 25 15 FC Dallas............................................1044 34 26 17 Seattle ................................................. 848 32 25 18 Real Salt Lake ................................... 736 27 21 12 Colorado ............................................. 559 24 20 22 Chivas USA........................................ 576 21 23 22 San Jose............................................. 566 21 22 21 Portland............................................... 583 18 19 28 Vancouver .......................................... 298 14 18 26 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. Wednesday's Games New York 5, Toronto FC 0 Sporting Kansas City 1, Colorado 1, tie Columbus 1, Vancouver 0 Chivas USA 2, San Jose 0 Saturday's Games D.C. United at New York, 7:30 p.m. Chivas USA at Sporting Kansas City, 7:30 p.m. Toronto FC at Houston, 8:30 p.m. Vancouver at Colorado, 9 p.m. FC Dallas at Real Salt Lake, 9 p.m. Philadelphia at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Chicago at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Sunday's Games Seattle FC at Portland, 4 p.m.

W N B A EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct Indiana............................... 8 3 .727 Connecticut ...................... 6 3 .667 New York .......................... 6 5 .545 Chicago............................. 5 6 .455 Atlanta ............................... 3 7 .300 Washington ...................... 2 7 .222 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct San Antonio .................... 7 3 .700 Minnesota ....................... 6 3 .667 Phoenix ........................... 7 4 .636 Seattle ............................. 5 4 .556 Los Angeles ................... 4 5 .444 Tulsa................................ 1 10 .091 Friday's Games New York 76, San Antonio 73 Phoenix 86, Tulsa 78 Saturday's Games Washington at Indiana, 7 p.m. Atlanta at Chicago, 8 p.m. Connecticut at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Los Angeles at Seattle, 10 p.m. Today's Games Chicago at New York, 4 p.m. Tulsa at Phoenix, 6 p.m.

GB — 1 2 3 41⁄2 5 GB — 1 ⁄2 1 ⁄2 11⁄2 21⁄2 61⁄2

A F L NATIONAL CONFERENCE West Division W L T Pct y-Arizona ................................ 14 2 0 .875 Utah ........................................ 7 8 0 .467 Spokane ................................. 7 8 0 .467 San Jose................................. 6 9 0 .400 Central Division W L T Pct x-Chicago ............................. 11 4 0 .733 Dallas.................................... 10 5 0 .667 Tulsa ..................................... 6 9 0 .400 Kansas City .......................... 5 10 .333 Iowa ...................................... 4 11 0 .267 AMERICAN CONFERENCE South Division W L T Pts z-Jacksonville ...................... 13 2 0 .867 Georgia................................. 9 6 0 .600 Orlando ................................. 9 6 0 .600 Tampa Bay ........................... 6 9 0 .400 New Orleans ........................ 3 12 0 .200 Eastern Division W L T Pts Cleveland .............................. 9 6 0 .600 Pittsburgh.............................. 8 7 0 .533 Philadelphia.......................... 5 11 0 .313 Milwauke ............................... 4 11 0 .267 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division z-clinched conference

PF 991 895 863 857

PA 753 914 842 920

PF 812 893 704 710 760

PA 694 829 716 807 930

PF 965 844 814 672 669

PA 729 781 780 821 816

PF 747 720 817 659

PA 662 789 887 722

Friday's Games, July 8 Milwaukee at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Cleveland at Philadelphia, 8:05 p.m. Saturday's Games Dallas at Jacksonville, 7 p.m. Chicago at Georgia, 7:35 p.m. Tampa Bay at Tulsa, 8 p.m. Kansas City at Iowa, 8:05 p.m. Utah at Spokane, 9 p.m. Orlando at San Jose, 10:30 p.m. Today's Games Arizona at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.

C F L EAST DIVISION WL Winnipeg ..................................... 2 0 Montreal....................................... 1 0 Toronto ........................................ 1 1 Hamilton....................................... 0 1 WEST DIVISION WL Edmonton .................................... 1 0 Calgary ........................................ 1 1 Saskatchewan............................. 0 1 B.C. .............................................. 0 2 Friday's Game Winnipeg 22, Toronto 16 Calgary 34, B.C. 32 Saturday's Games Montreal at Saskatchewan, 4 p.m. Hamilton at Edmonton, 7 p.m. Thursday, July 14 Calgary at Winnipeg, 8 p.m. Friday, July 15 Toronto at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 16 Saskatchewan at Hamilton, 4 p.m. B.C. at Edmonton, 7 p.m.

T Pts PF PA 0 4 46 32 0 2 30 26 0 2 39 43 0 0 16 24 T Pts PF PA 0 2 42 28 0 2 55 55 0 0 28 42 0 0 58 64

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PHILLIES PROSPECTS

OF Brown’s streak boosts his average Editor’s Note: The Phillies minor league system has lost some highly regarded prospects during the last few years, with many trades being made to help the parent club. But that doesn’t mean the cupboard is bare. Here’s a look at how the preseason top 10 prospects in the Philadelphia organization are faring and where they are currently playing:

CARPENTER MODEL

Mitt grabs praise

By DAVE ROSENGRANT drosengrant@timesleader.com

1. Domonic Brown, outfielder, Philadelphia: The 23-year-old entered Saturday with a sevengame hitting streak and has a hit in eight of his last 10 games with a .333 average. Overall, he’s hitting .246 with five home runs, 14 RBI, 18 runs scored and three stolen bases. 2. Jonathan Singleton, outfielder/infielder, Single-A Clearwater: He’s got a .281 batting average with six home runs and 35 RBI in 73 games. 3. Brody Colvin, starting pitcher, Single-A Clearwater: He threw six shutout innings earlier in the week, but took a no-decision. He holds a 1-3 record in 12 starts with a 4.16 ERA and 43 strikeouts in 62 2⁄3 innings. 4. Jarred Cosart, starting pitcher, Single-A Clearwater: He’s put up a 7-6 record and 3.23 ERA and 68 strikeouts in 16 starts and 92 innings. 5. Trevor May, starting pitcher, Single-A Clearwater: A strikeout machine, he’s fanned 114 in 88 innings, going 5-5 with a 3.58 ERA. 6. Sebastian Valle, catcher, Single-A Clearwater: The 20year-old is batting .324 with three home runs and 28 RBI with an on-base percentage of .344 in 213 at-bats. 7. Jiwan James, outfielder, Single-A Clearwater: The 22year-old is batting .264 with three homers and 15 RBI in 318 at-bats. He has also stolen 16 bases. 8. Jesse Biddle, starting pitcher, Low-A Lakewood: The lefthanded, first-round pick from 2010 is 3-6 with a 3.48 ERA and 78 strikeouts in 822⁄3 innings. 9. Domingo Santana, outfielder, Low-A Lakewood: A right fielder, he has posted a .255 batting average with six home runs and 21 RBI in 243 at-bats and 65 games. 10. Aaron Altherr, outfielder, Short Season Single-A Williamsport: He started off the season with Lakewood before being sent to the Crosscutters. For Williamsport, he’s batting .308 in 20 games. Overall in the minors this year, he’s hitting .244, with a pair of homers, in 61 games and 225 at-bats.

D2 IN THE PROS

I.L. all-star Canzler ready to play PCL By DAVE ROSENGRANT drosengrant@timesleader.com

Russ Canzler: The Hazleton Area grad hit two home runs in his last five games for Durham, the Triple-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays. The starting third baseman for the International League in the Triple-A All-Star Game is hitting .275 with 10 home runs, 50 RBI, five stolen bases and an on-base percentage of .381 after Friday’s action. He has also recently seen some playing time in right field for the Bulls. The All-Star Game, which matches the International League stars against the Pacific Coast League stars, will be held Wednesday in Salt Lake City and will be televised on the MLB Network. Cory Spangenberg: An Abington Heights grad and the 10th overall draft pick by the Padres last month, he has gotten off to a stellar start for the ShortSeason Eugene (Ore.) Emeralds by earning the Northwest League Player of the Week honors and might be due for a promotion soon. In his first 22 games, the second baseman is batting .408 (31-for-76) with one home run, 19 RBI and nine stolen bases.

YA N K E E S I N M I N O R S

Catcher Montero out for all-star contest Editor’s Note: The Scranton/WilkesBarre Yankees have taken a page from their parent club by winning championships. SWB has racked up four consecutive International League North Division titles and more could be on the way because the minor league system is stacked with top prospects that are close to contributing at the Triple-A or Major League level, according to Baseball America. Here’s a look at the organization’s top 10 prospects, before the season, where they are now and how they are faring: By DAVE ROSENGRANT drosengrant@timesleader.com

AP PHOTOS

Brian Gordon, pitching last month for the New York Yankees against the Texas Rangers, says of the Carpenter model, “One of my favorite things about the glove is it is molded to my hand. It is the best fitting glove I have ever used.’’

Lighter glove still quite durable, says creator as it was the day I got it.” It isn’t just the durability of the Carpenter glove that inBrian Gordon has tried many trigues Gordon. There are gloves in his baseball career. numerous qualities, which However, last year he made make it different then the tradithe switch to the 100 percent tional-style baseball glove. synthetic baseball glove, a mitt “One of my favorite things made of several different mateabout the glove is it is molded rials produced by the Carpento my hand,” Gordon said. “It ter Trade Glove Company. is the best fitting glove I have It was a decision he is really ever used, it’s just like memory glad he made. foam.” “I have tried Nike, Mizuno The company has adapted a and Rawlings,” said Gordon, trade-only policy. This means, who left the New York Yankees if you wanted a glove from the organization on Friday when Carpenter Trade Company you he was signed by SK Wyverns would have to find something of the Korean League. “I have N.Y.’s Brian Gordon shows his glove before a MLB game last worth trading. There are no nothing against those gloves month. Gordon, who has since played for SWB and then signed and they definitely do a good to play in Korea, is giving a new meaning to smack of the leath- specific things they accept, but job at serving their purpose. er, thanks to a glove that’s totally made of synthetic materials. Carpenter said he will consider all types of offers. But, I really love the fact that The entire process has been this glove is personalized and day. ball Hall of Fame. a bit of a shock for Carpenter. molded to my hand.” “About 10 years ago, I had “(Cooperstown) is a great “It has been an amazing An outfielder and pitcher the idea of creating a glove and location to do research and during his 11-year pro career, I kind of kept it to myself,” the development,” Carpenter said. journey,” Carpenter said. “One including five shutout innings founder of Carpenter Trade “I was able to study the history day you are under the radar and the next day more and for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre on Company said. “I kept it to of gloves and how they were more people want my glove. I Tuesday, Gordon first heard myself, because the people I developed. The Hall of Fame did a Google search one day about the glove from former did tell about it didn’t exactly was a great resource.” when I was just sitting at home teammate and current Lehigh like the idea.” Carpenter said, although the and when I saw all of the Valley IronPig reliever Michael Despite what others glove is made entirely of synSchwimer. The interesting thought, Carpenter continued thetic materials it is still just as things that came up I couldn’t help but to be excited.” thing about the Carpenter his research and finally develdurable if not more durable The Carpenter Trade ComTrade Glove Company is that it oped an all-synthetic baseball then a traditional styled glove. never spent a dime on adglove. In 2007, he received his It is also 5 to 10 ounces lighter pany is likely to expand in the next year. vertising. big break when minor leaguer than the traditional baseball “I have numerous opportuni“The amazing thing is I have Noah Krol decided to use his glove. Carpenter stresses that a never paid for advertising. I glove in his first pro game. Krol lighter glove makes for a faster ties for expansion,” Carpenter said. “I am just waiting for the rely completely on word of now plays for Altoona, which is one. right offer. Whether it be partmouth,” Scott Carpenter said. the Double-A team for the “I am very confident in my nering with a major company “As more and more players use Pittsburgh Pirates. materials, they are extremely or finding the right individuals the glove, they spread the word “Noah (Krol) was the first durable,” Carpenter said. “In to expand our company.” and we have been getting even professional player to use my all the years I have been makCarpenter is proud of what better players who want to try glove,” Carpenter said. “Howing my gloves, I have never he has accomplished thus far. the glove.” ever, the glove keeps evolving seen one lay flat on a table.” “We no longer have to push and getting better and better.” Gordon couldn’t agree more He feels his glove is the glove the product, it is selling itself.” In 2001 he officially started about how durable Carpenter’s of the future. “I firmly believe that if you Ten years ago Carpenter had his private company in the gloves are. an idea to create the lightest friendly confines of Cooper“I like my gloves extra stiff,” had a time machine and went 50 years into the future of baseball glove there is. He did stown, N.Y. One would be hard Gordon said. “Since I have just that and thanks to a few pressed to find a better town to been using the Carpenter glove baseball, everyone will be using synthetic gloves,” Carprofessional baseball players start a glove company. Carpen- I haven’t had any problems as the technology of a completely ter used the baseball communi- far as durability. In fact, I have penter said. “I am just proud to be able to say I developed the synthetic glove is becoming ty to his advantage and was been using this glove for six more and more popular every able to do research at the Base- months and it is still is as good first one.” By JOSH HORTON For The Times Leader

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Today Rochester 1:05 p.m.

Wednesday Triple A All-Star Game

Thursday at Toledo 7 p.m.

Friday at Toledo 7 p.m.

Saturday at Toledo 7 p.m.

July 17 at Toledo 6 p.m.

July 18 at Columbus 7:05 p.m.

1. Jesus Montero, catcher, Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre: He landed on the disabled list last week and will miss this week’s Triple-A All-Star game. Montero is hitting .289 with seven home runs and 33 RBI for the Yankees. 2. Gary Sanchez, catcher, Single-A Charleston: For the RiverDogs, he homered in back-to-back games last week to raise his season total to nine. The long balls go with 31 RBI in 59 games and 216 at-bats. 3. Dellin Betances, starting pitcher, Double-A Trenton: He struck out nine in six innings last week, but took a no-decision. He’s 4-3 with 86 strikeouts and a 2.62 ERA in 75 2⁄3 innings. 4. Manny Banuelos, starting pitcher, Double-A Trenton: The left-hander has lost two straight starts to drop his record to 3-3. His ERA stands at 3.38, while fanning 80 in 79 innings. 5. Andrew Brackman, pitcher, Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre: He was moved to the bullpen, but his ERA continues to rise. He has a 7.96 ERA with a 2-6 record and has recorded 53 strikeouts and 51 walks and 66 hits in 631⁄3 innings. 6. Austin Romine, catcher, Double-A Trenton: The 21-yearold backstop, who will play in the Futures Game today, has a .293 average with four homers and 36 RBI for the Thunder. 7. Hector Noesi, pitcher, New York: As a reliever for the Yankees, he has posted four straight scoreless outings to drop his ERA to 3.20 ERA. 8. Eduardo Nunez, infielder, New York: For the parent club, he’s played in 49 games, but none since Derek Jeter retuned from an injury. Nunez has a .278 average with three home runs. 9. Slade Heathcott, outfielder, Single-A Tampa: He was promoted to Tampa, but hit the DL after playing just one game. His minors totals consist of a .279 average with five home runs. 10. Brandon Laird, infielder/ outfielder, Triple-A Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre: A right-handed hitter, he has a .267 batting average with nine home runs and 42 RBI for the Yankees in 83 games and 318 at-bats.

On This Date All-Star week begins all over baseball this week with several games being held, including the Triple-A contest in Salt Lake City on Wednesday. In 1995, the Triple-A festivities took place at PNC Field in Moosic for the only time in franchise history. The events at the ballpark began Monday, July 10, with workouts and continued with a home run derby the next day and the All-Star game on Wednesday, July 12. Ron Coomer, from Albuquerque in the Twins organization, won the long-ball hitting contest, defeating Buffalo’s Luis Lopez 8-6 to claim the title. Buffalo was part of Cleveland’s organization at the time. The next day, the American League dominated the National League, 9-0. The NL only managed two hits off AL pitchers. One of the top performers in the contest for the AL was Columbus shortstop Derek Jeter. The future New York Yankees star went 2-for-3 with a run scored. Toledo’s Pat Ahearne earned the pitching win, and Norfolk’s Jason Isringhausen took the loss for the NL.

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Revved up for the hill

Keith Bower sits in the starting area under an umbrella waiting his turn to race up Giants Despair.

Cars line up in the starting area to make a run in the annual Giant Despair Hillclimb, a race that dates back to 1906.

John Stinsmen puts on his driving gloves in his Van Diemen FC on Saturday in Laurel Run.

Jane Stinsmen sits in the pits after she shared driving duties in the Van Diemen FC.

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Morgan Wilson, competing in a Mazda Bandit, waits for his Spec-2 class to be called to the starting line on Saturday.

Dolf Bahifarano starts up Giant Despair in his Lotus 7.

Rod Holtzapple, in a Thunder Roadster, takes on the Giants Despair Hillclimb course .

Bill Weaver in a Cobra races up the 1-mile Giants Despair course in Laurel Run on Saturday. The competition concludes today.

Danko Team members had a short meeting before competing in the 1-mile Giants Despair Hillclimb, which has a 20 percent grade.

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Swoyersville 14, Harveys Lake 3

A team effort on offense was able to support the pitching of starter Mark Popson in Willie Wallace, with a double, Swoyersville’s victory. had the lone hit for South Wilkes-Barre. DISTRICT 16 Continued from Page 1C

Duryea moves on

Duryea received some surprising news Saturday, as Nanticoke forfeited before their game was played. Duryea advances to the loser’s bracket final at 6 p.m. Monday against North Wilkes-Barre at Duryea.

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Kingston/Forty Fort 4, West Side 3

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Plains’ Josh Savakinus, left, beats the tag of Greater Pittston third baseman Ryan Carey in a Wyoming Valley American Legion playoff game in Rice Township on Saturday.

Back Mountain National 12, Wyoming/West Wyoming 10

Plains, Back Mt. triumph

Grillini tosses shutout as Plains routs Greater Pittston. Back Mt. outhits Nanticoke. By DAVE ROSENGRANT drosengrant@timesleader.com

RICE TWP. – Anthony Grillini admits he struggled throughout the high school baseball season for Coughlin and the American Legion regular season for Plains. So his manager for Plains, Don Stark, decided to shut him down for two weeks. During that time, Grillini worked with Plains pitching coach Jason Tribbett on mechanics and getting back to the basics of pitching. The Coughlin graduate took the hill to open the Wyoming Valley American Legion League playoffs Saturday at Mountain Post and his troubles looked to be behind him. The right-hander threw a complete-game, seven-hit shutout to lead fourth-seeded Plains to a 8-0 victory over top-seeded Greater Pittston in the double-elimination tournament’s opening game. Plains will play Back Mountain today at 1 p.m. with a berth in next weekend’s Region 5 Tournament on the line. The game is a regional qualifier because the top two teams from the WVALL advance to the regional event this year. Back Mountain defeated Nanticoke, 11-6, on Saturday to advance in the winner’s bracket. Greater Pittston and Nanticoke will try to stave off elimination in a 4 p.m. contest today. Grillini threw 105 pitches and seemed to get stronger as the game progressed. He recorded his only four strikeouts in the final two frames, including getting the side on punch-outs in the seventh.

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The final day of competition resumes today from approximately 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Each of the 71 entries will have five tries to unseat Danko’s top time. “The rain helped a lot yesterday and washed a lot of the oil off the road,” said Danko. “If (the weather) stays like this again and it grips well, a lot of drivers will improve.” Danko was forced to drive the Gurney Eagle after his first two cars were sidelined because of mechanical failures. He planned to run a 1989 Lola Indy that he drove in for his past Giants Despair titles. Mechanical errors forced to sideline it after

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“Today was the benefit of taking that time and working with Anthony,” Stark said. “His balance was great. The movement and the zip was back on his fastball that we’ve seen of the old Anthony.” Plains, which lost to Greater Pittston last year in the championship game, entered the game with payback in mind. The team showed a little extra motivation early on, jumping out to a 2-0 lead before an out was recorded in the first inning. Plains kept piling up the runs, getting single runs in the second, fourth and sixth and two in the third. Grillini (2-for-4) and Josh Savakinus (3-for-3) led the offense with two run-scoring hits apiece. Bob Sorokas was also a multiple hitter for the winners, going 2-for-3 with an RBI and scored two runs. “We want it bad this year, after last year no doubt,” Grillini said about the revenge factor. “We have a lot of fire in our hearts.” Back Mountain’s victory was similar to Plains in that its starting pitcher, Marc Noyalis, tossed a complete game and the offense broke out. The main difference between the two wins on Saturday was that Back Mountain had to come from behind to stay in the winner’s bracket. A sloppy sixth inning defensively for Back Mountain where it made three errors led to three Nanticoke runs and a 6-3 deficit. But Back Mountain came right back in the bottom of the stanza, piling up eight runs and sending 12 batters to the plate to take an 11-6 lead. Josh Everett (3-for-4), who has had his ups and downs this season and was moved to the No. 8 spot in the lineup, picked up an RBI-triple and a two-run double in the sixth.

“We were kind of sloppy in the field and had to get refocused,” Everett said. “It felt good to get off the schneid, especially with the triple , to get us back in the game. We just kind of went out there and did our thing. It’s what we’ve been doing all season. We’re a good come-from-behind team.” Noyalis, who was also 2-for-4, struck out nine in his effort, allowing four earned runs and nine hits. Ted Ritsick, Zack Yursha and Pat Condo had two hits apiece in the win.

the first run of the day. On the second heat, his Jedi car broke an axle at the starting line in its Hillclimb debut. “The Indy was running real hot, and we lost oil pressure about three quarters into that run,” said Danko. “Instead of getting motor damage, I’d rather just park it for the day. “Then I figured we’d run our new car which is capable of midto-low 40s.” Danko plans on running the Gurney Eagle today. Despite the roads being newly paved last week, times were lower than last year’s. Danko said that the crown – the slope of the center of the road intended for water runoff – is higher than usual and forced many drivers to be more cautious on the course’s five turns.

“The crown has to settle in a bit,” said Danko. “When they paved it, they put a little crown in the road. It kind of lifts you in these bigger cars.”

experienced a piece of history taking part in an event that began in 1906 and is one of the oldest continuing motor racing events Continued from Page 1C in the world. Because Giants Despair is a “and coming down in one piece.” Kochin and Robinson felt they world of wonder, no matter if you

Plains 8, Greater Pittston 0 Plains

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Mark Mahalick hit a threerun homer and Austin Sienkiewicz hit a leadoff double in the sixth that led to the winning run for Kingston/Forty Fort. Winning pitcher Josh Payne had a pair of hits for KFF. Jake Shemo hit a two-run double for West Side. Nate Baranski had a hit and pitched well.

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Overall: Darryl Danko, 43.656 B Street Prepared: Matthew Isaac, 56.449; C Street Prepared: George Witman, 61.62; D Street Prepared: Mark Aubele, 52.348; E Street Prepared: Jeremy Sereyka, 49.88; F Street Prepared: Dave Merritt, 57.226; Showroom Stock C: David Arron, 63.786; Super Production O: Bill Weaver, 51.686; Super Production U: John Zabriski, 50.646; F Production: Timm Murphy, 55.386; H Production: Jason Ackerman, 62.933; GT-1: Brian Halecki, 45.784; GT-3: Grace Huntzinger, 59.695; GT-Lite: Donald McLaughlin, 64.471; Improved Touring A: Matt Rowe, 55.373; Improved Touring B: Steve DeTurck, 58.114; Improved Touring S: Matt Herd, 59.018; Improved Touring E: William Miller, 46.168; Inex (Mod): Rod Holtzapple, 51.507; C Sports Racer: Howard Balbach, 50.084; D Sports Racer: Kurt Eikenberg, 44.515; Formula Continental: Jack Danko, 45.947; Forumula Ford: Tony Preston, 57.508; Formula 500: Brandon Usloski, 55.509; Formula V: John Pitman, 56.634; Club Ford: Jack Danko Jr., 49.877; Solo V: Robert Oswald Jr., 50.346; Street Mod: Daniel Reed, 46.146; Super Street Mod: Adrienne Vrabel, 49.232; Street Mod F: Hunter Huffman, 49.089; Vintage 1: Peter McCarthy, 66.553; Historic 1: Adolf Bahifarano, 53.23; Historic 2: Richard Good, 52.224; Historic 3: Darryl Danko, 43.656; Historic 4: Tom Knorr, 59.525; Special 2: John Hartnet, 45.386; Special 3: Darryl Danko, 44.801

are a teenager or a late-starter getting your first hill climb start. Paul Sokoloski is a Times Leader sports columnist. You may reach him at 970-7109 or email him at psokoloski@timesleader.com.

Jay Bittner went 3-for-4 with a double and two singles as Back Mountain National moves on in the elimination bracket. Winning pitcher Alex Kapral added a double for the victors. Alex Hawk, Alex Gonzales and Nic Perry contributed with hits for Wyoming/West Wyoming.

DISTRICT 16 JUNIOR BASEBALL Hanover/Ashley 23, Jenkins Twp. 2

Tyler Scott and Jason combined to throw a two-hitter, allowing one hit each, in Hanover/Ashley’s victory. Mike Bugonowicz went 4for-4, with three RBI; and Jack Windt was 2-for-3 with four RBI. Scott also helped his own cause by batting in three runs. Danny Constantino and Adam Ginocchetti had the only hits for Jenkins Township.

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Newport 14, Avoca 4

Alex Stashik pitched for Newport, allowing three hits, and was 2-for-4 at the plate. Aaron Scott closed the game and was 3-for-4 with a double. Shaun Boyle was 3-for-4 with a double, and Sebastian Maul was 3-for-4. Tyler Myers, Nick Valenti,and Morgan Higgs had two hits each. A.J. Mancini was 2-for-3 for Avoca.. North Wilkes-Barre 11, Nanticoke 5

Winning pitcher Aaron Andrews went 3-for-4 and struck out six on the mound to lead North Wilkes-Barre. Hunter Bednarczyk, Ryan Zytniewski and C.J. Francis contributed with two hits apiece. Pat Duda, Mike Mabus and Larry Youngblood had hits for Nanticoke. Plains 14, Hanover/Ashley 0

Winning pitcher Justin Okun and reliever Kyle Cunningham combined on a four-hitter for Plains and also had strong games at the plate. Cunningham had two singles, a double and four RBI. Okun had two singles, a double and three RBI. David Marriggi added a triple and two RBI, while Eric Meese added a double, single and two RBI. Hitting safely for Hanover/ Ashley were Mike Bierle, Bob Kinney, Eric Shorts and John Yuroski.

BABE RUTH 12U STATE SOFTBALL

Chaos wins two games

The Luzerne County Chaos won two games at the state tournament. The Chaos topped Levittown, 10-4, as Miranda Bohn and Meg Armstrong combined on a two-hitter. Armstrong, Audi Welles and Colleen Cwali-

na had two hits each. The Chaos then edged Central Perk, 3-2, as Kristen Coffay struck out 12 and scattered five hits. Coffay and Sarah Venscoter each had two hits. The Chaos plays at 9 a.m. today in the winners bracket against Audobon.

ASA 10U STATE SOFTBALL

Strikes and Stripes advances to semifinals

Two-time defending state champion Strikes and Stripes won three of five games played Saturday to move to the semifinal rounds of the ASA State Championship tournament. The reigning champions will take on Mifflinburg High Intensity at 9 a.m. at Tripp Park in Scranton today. The Electric City Shock will play Wyoming Valley Vipers in the winner’s bracket final, also at 9 a.m. The championship game will be played at 12:30 p.m. Marissa Trivelpiece hurled two no-hitters, while Taylor Adamchick and Tiana Treon combined to pitch the team’s third no-hitter in a 15-1 win against Pegasus to send them to the loser’s bracket final.

NORMAN ABRECHT 8-9 TOURNAMENT Plains 13, Mtp. Red 5

Jacob Gibbon and Patrick Delbalso combined for the victory on the mound for Plains. Plains also received strong defense from Matt Egidio, Jaeden Davis, Krisjin Bilwin, Ian Gartley and Cody Lello. Gartley also had a double, single and three RBI. Jacob Caleski was 2-for-2 for Mountain Top. Hanover Area 24, Mtp. Gold 5, 4 inn.

Hanover was led by four players who recorded multiple hits and scored multiple runs in its four-inning victory. Connor Hummer, Hunter Thompson, Tony Palmermo and Justin Stefanowicz all had three hits and three runs scored. Matt Jurda and Jay Hawley both batted in two runs for Mountain Top Gold.

FOOTBALL

NEPA Miners make four interceptions in victory From Times Leader Staff Reports

SCRANTON – The NEPA Miners intercepted four passes en route to a 14-7 victory over the Red City Outlaws in their season opener. Quarterback Justin Piontkow-

ski went 5-for-10 with 140 yards and a touchdown. Piontkowski was the team’s leading rusher with 11 rushes for 58 yards. Wide receiver Nate Bowden caught four balls for 118 yards

and a touchdown. Bowden also had a rushing touchdown. Shawn Palmiter picked off two passes for the Miners. Joey Sinclair and Anthony Bodtmann also tallied interceptions.

AUTO RACING

Kyle Busch first Kentucky winner By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer

SPARTA, Ky. — Kyle Busch won the inaugural Sprint Cup race at Kentucky Speedway on Saturday night, pulling away from Jimmie Johnson on a restart with three laps to go to collect his 99th NASCAR series victory. Busch won the Trucks race here on Thursday night and had little trouble finding his way to Victory Lane for the second time in three days at the 1.5-mile oval. He started from the pole and dominated long stretches of the 400-mile race to pick up his third Cup win of the season. David Reutimman slipped past Johnson to finish second. Ryan Newman was fourth, followed by Carl Edwards and Matt Kenseth. The first visit by NASCAR’s top series provided few fireworks on the track, but plenty off it as traffic issues plagued the race. JAMMED UP: Speedway Motor Bruton Smith was kidding when he said he expected most fans to return home from the track’s inaugural NASCAR Sprint Cup race on Saturday night “by Tuesday.” Considering how difficult it was for people to get into the track, Tuesday may have been a bit generous.

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whether he’s on board. “I think it’s good and I think it’s bad,” Busch said. “There’s certainly two sides to every story, I guess, and sometimes more. There’s a lot of people that only go to the short track and wouldn’t really care to go the big track and now that the race is at the big track you might lose some of those fans, but you might gain more fans because they like the big track, so who knows.”

The 1.5-mile oval’s long-awaited Cup debut was marred by a massive traffic snarl that left fans stuck out on Interstate 71 for miles even as the green flag dropped. Cars were still slowly streaming into the parking gates more than 125 miles into the 400-mile event as nearby interstate turned into a massive parkGORDON THE MENTOR? ing lot. Jeff Gordon is considered the Even those that made it to driver who discovered five-time their seats well before the race defending Cup champion Jimwere less than thrilled. mie Johnson. He’s still keeping BYE-BYE ORP: NASCAR’s de- his eye out for another protege cision to move the Nationwide as the four-time champ nears his race from historic but antiquat- 40th birthday. “I think that our sport, it ed Lucas Oil Raceway to Indianapolis Motor Speedway begin- thrives on new, young talent and ning in 2012 met with mixed re- I don’t know if we’ve seen views from the Cup drivers who enough of it in recent years,” regularly run both races when Gordon said. “If I recognize the series visits the Hoosier somebody then I certainly would try to help them out and state in late July. The .686-mile oval — long maybe one day I will have more known as O’Reilly Raceway Park time to be involved in that side of or ORP — is one of the most en- the business.” Just not yet. Gordon entered tertaining short tracks on the Nationwide schedule. Yet the the weekend eighth in the standlure of moving the race to a mar- ings with two victories this year. quee venue such as the Brick- Despite some wear and tear that yard proved to be too much for comes from spending more than NASCAR. Kyle Busch under- two decades racing, he’s not stands why the race is getting quite ready to ponder retiremoved. He’s just not quite sure ment.

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Braves go to 11 to defeat Phillies

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PHILADELPHIA — Alex Gonzalez hit the go-ahead RBI single and Brian McCann added a two-run homer in the 11th inning to lift the Atlanta Braves to a 4-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday. It was the second straight extra-inning game for the teams, following Philadelphia’s 3-2 victory in 10 innings Friday. The Braves (54-37) have won 10 of 12, and closed the Phillies’ lead in the NL East to 21⁄2 games. Philadelphia (56-34) remains one win shy of tying the club record for victories in the first half. Philadelphia starter Cliff Lee accounted for the Phillies’ only run with his first career homer off Tommy Hanson, but both pitchers were long gone by the time this one ended. Dodgers 1, Padres 0

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers got their first hit with two out in the ninth inning Saturday and still beat the San Diego Padres 1-0 when Dioner Navarro singled in Juan Uribe for the unlikely victory. Uribe was down to his last strike when he drove a pitch from Luke Gregerson (2-2) over the head of left fielder Chris Denorfia for Los Angeles’ first hit and only the second hit of the game for either team. The Padres have never had a no-hitter in their 43-year history. Cubs 6, Pirates 3

PITTSBURGH — Ryan Dempster won for the first time in five starts despite arguing with manager Mike Quade after he was lifted after five innings, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-3 on Saturday. Dempster (6-6) was pitching on nine days’ rest after being scratched from his scheduled start Monday because of back

pain. He was cleared to start Saturday after making it through a pregame workout Friday without incident. Rockies 2, Nationals 1

WASHINGTON — Ubaldo Jimenez allowed one run in eight innings pitched and Todd Helton homered, doubled and drove in both runs as the Colorado Rockies beat the Washington Nationals 2-1 on Saturday night. Jimenez (4-8) retired the first 13 batters before Michael Morse singled with one out in the fifth inning. The righthander struck out eight, allowed five hits and walked one. It was the third time this season Jimenez pitched at least eight innings, all of them coming on the road. Ian Desmond singled, tripled and scored the lone run for the Nationals, who have lost three consecutive one-run games. Jason Marquis (7-4) took the loss. Huston Street pitched the ninth for his 26th save. Jayson Werth grounded into a double play with runners on the corners to end the game. Marlins 6, Astros 1

MIAMI — Ricky Nolasco tossed a seven-hitter for his sixth career complete game, Logan Morrison hit a basesloaded triple in Florida’s fourrun fifth inning and the Marlins beat the Houston Astros 6-1 on Saturday night. Cardinals 7, Diamondbacks 6

ST. LOUIS — Albert Pujols tied it in the eighth inning with his first home run since returning the disabled list and rookie pinch-hitter Tony Cruz hit a game-ending RBI double in the ninth, capping the St. Louis Cardinals’ comeback from a four-run deficit in a 7-6 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday night.

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Orioles lacking for runs against Boston’s Lackey The Associated Press

BOSTON — John Lackey rebounded from the worst start of his Red Sox career with 6 2-3 shutout innings and Boston extended its winning streak to five games with a 4-0 victory over the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday night. Lackey, booed last Monday as he left the mound after allowing seven runs in 2 1-3 innings, got a standing ovation as he strode to the dugout with runners at first and second in the seventh. Daniel Bard then retired Nolan Reimold on an inning-ending popup. Lackey (6-8) struck out seven and walked one just five days after his 9-7 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays, the shortest outing in his two seasons with Boston. Alfredo Simon (1-2) allowed three runs in the fifth on an RBIdouble by Kevin Youkilis and a two-run double by Josh Reddick. Youkilis added another runscoring double in the seventh off Mark Hendrickson.

5-4 win on Travis Hafner’s gameending grand slam in the ninth. White Sox 4, Twins 3

CHICAGO (AP) — Alexei Ramirez drove in the winning run with a two-out single in the bottom of the ninth Saturday and the Chicago White Sox finally beat the Minnesota Twins, 4-3. It was Chicago’s first win over the Twins in seven meetings this season and ended a nine-game losing streak to Minnesota stretching back to last season. A.J. Pierzynski, who entered the game when Ramon Castro suffered a broken right hand on passed ball in the eighth inning, doubled off Jose Mijares (0-1) to start the ninth. After two fly outs, Juan Pierre walked and Alex Burnett relieved before Ramirez lined a single to center with Pierzynski beating the throw home. Royals 13, Tigers 6

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Alex Gordon belted a three-run homer and the Kansas City Royals Blue Jays 5, Indians 4 roughed up Charlie Furbush, CLEVELAND — Jose Bautista then weathered Luke Hochevar’s struggles in a 13-6 victory over led off the 10th inning with his the Detroit Tigers on Saturday second homer of the game, lifting the Toronto Blue Jays to a 5-4 night. Alcides Escobar drove in three win over the Cleveland Indians runs and scored three times for on Saturday night. the Royals, who led 9-2 after Bautista, who leads the majors three innings. Melky Cabrera and with 31homers, connected on a Billy Butler had two RBIs apiece. 1-0 pitch from Chris Perez (3-2) after the Indians tied it in the ninth Rangers 7, Athletics 6 on Travis Buck’s two-out double. The All-Star slugger has four ARLINGTON, Texas — Josh multihomer games this season Hamilton hit a game-ending, and15 in his career. two-run homer to give Texas a It was Toronto’s second 7-6 victory over Oakland on straight win in the series after a Saturday night and extend the stunning loss on Thursday durRangers’ winning streak to six ing which the Indians rallied for a games.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE Friday's Games Toronto 11, Cleveland 7 Tampa Bay at New York, ppd., rain Boston 10, Baltimore 3 Texas 8, Oakland 5 Detroit 6, Kansas City 4 Minnesota 8, Chicago White Sox 5 L.A. Angels 4, Seattle 3 Saturday's Games N.Y. Yankees 5, Tampa Bay 4 Chicago White Sox 4, Minnesota 3 Toronto 5, Cleveland 4, 10 innings Boston 4, Baltimore 0 Kansas City 13, Detroit 6 Texas 7, Oakland 6 Seattle at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m. Sunday's Games Tampa Bay (Shields 8-6) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 12-4), 1:05 p.m. Toronto (Cecil 1-4) at Cleveland (C.Carrasco 8-5), 1:05 p.m. Baltimore (Atkins 0-0) at Boston (Weiland 0-0), 1:35 p.m. Detroit (Verlander 11-4) at Kansas City (Francis 3-9), 2:10 p.m. Minnesota (Swarzak 1-2) at Chicago White Sox (Peavy 4-2), 2:10 p.m. Oakland (Cahill 8-6) at Texas (M.Harrison 6-7), 3:05 p.m. Seattle (F.Hernandez 8-7) at L.A. Angels (Haren 9-5), 3:35 p.m. Monday's Games No games scheduled Tuesday's Games All-Star Game at Phoenix, AZ, 8:05 p.m. NATIONAL LEAGUE Friday's Games

Philadelphia 3, Atlanta 2, 10 innings Pittsburgh 7, Chicago Cubs 4 Colorado 3, Washington 2 Florida 6, Houston 3 Milwaukee 8, Cincinnati 7 Arizona 7, St. Louis 6 L.A. Dodgers 1, San Diego 0 N.Y. Mets 5, San Francisco 2 Saturday's Games Atlanta 4, Philadelphia 1, 11 innings L.A. Dodgers 1, San Diego 0 Chicago Cubs 6, Pittsburgh 3 Colorado 2, Washington 1 Florida 6, Houston 1 Cincinnati at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m. St. Louis 7, Arizona 6 N.Y. Mets at San Francisco, 9:05 p.m. Sunday's Games Houston (W.Rodriguez 6-5) at Florida (Volstad 4-8), 1:10 p.m. Atlanta (D.Lowe 5-6) at Philadelphia (Hamels 10-4), 1:35 p.m. Chicago Cubs (R.Ortiz 0-1) at Pittsburgh (Maholm 5-9), 1:35 p.m. Colorado (Chacin 8-6) at Washington (Zimmermann 5-7), 1:35 p.m. Cincinnati (Willis 0-0) at Milwaukee (Wolf 6-6), 2:10 p.m. Arizona (Duke 2-3) at St. Louis (J.Garcia 8-3), 2:15 p.m. San Diego (Stauffer 5-5) at L.A. Dodgers (Lilly 5-9), 4:10 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Pelfrey 5-7) at San Francisco (Cain 7-5), 8:05 p.m. Monday's Games No games scheduled Tuesday's Games All-Star Game at Phoenix, AZ, 8:05 p.m.

A M E R I C A N L E A G U E

Totals 40 510 4 Totals 34 4 5 4 Toronto ......................... 101 110 000 1 — 5 Cleveland ..................... 010 200 001 0 — 4 E—T.Buck (1). LOB—Toronto 8, Cleveland 3. 2B—E.Thames (6), J.Molina 2 (9), T.Buck (10). HR—Bautista 2 (31), G.Sizemore (9). SB—McCoy (3). SF—LaPorta. IP H R ER BB SO Toronto Morrow ..................... 8 3 3 3 2 8 Rauch W,3-3 BS,3-10 .................... 1 2 1 1 0 0 Camp S,1-2.............. 1 0 0 0 0 0 Cleveland Tomlin....................... 6 7 4 3 1 2 J.Smith ..................... 1 0 0 0 0 0 R.Perez .................... 1 1 0 0 0 0 Masterson ................ 1 0 0 0 1 1 C.Perez L,2-4 .......... 1 2 1 1 0 1 HBP—by Tomlin (E.Thames). WP—Morrow. Umpires—Home, Vic Carapazza;First, Doug Eddings;Second, Dana DeMuth;Third, Kerwin Danley. T—2:59. A—27,661 (43,441).

Yankees 5, Rays 4 Tampa Bay

New York

ab r h bi ab r h bi Damon dh 4 1 1 0 Jeter ss 5 2 5 2 Zobrist rf-2b 3 1 1 1 Grndrs cf 4 2 1 1 Longori 3b 4 0 0 0 Teixeir 1b 3 0 2 0 Ktchm 1b 3 0 0 0 Cano 2b 2 0 0 1 BUpton cf 3 1 1 2 Martin c 2 0 1 1 Joyce lf-rf 4 1 2 1 Posada dh 4 0 0 0 SRdrgz 2b-ss 4 0 0 0 AnJons rf 3 0 0 0 Jaso c 1 0 0 0 ENunez 3b 4 1 1 0 Shppch ph-c 2 0 0 0 Gardnr lf 2 0 0 0 Brignc ss 1 0 0 0 Ruggin ph-lf 2 0 0 0 Totals 31 4 5 4 Totals 29 510 5 Tampa Bay......................... 010 200 010 — 4 New York ........................... 002 020 01x — 5 DP—Tampa Bay 3. LOB—Tampa Bay 5, New York 9. 2B—Jeter (13), E.Nunez (8). 3B—Damon (4). HR—B.Upton (15), Joyce (12), Jeter (3). SB—Zobrist 2 (10), B.Upton (21), Joyce (5), Jeter (8), Gardner (23). CS—Jeter (3). S—Brignac, Gardner. SF—Cano. IP H R ER BB SO Tampa Bay Price ......................... 5 7 4 4 3 3 B.Gomes .................. 2⁄3 1 0 0 1 0 Howell....................... 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 Jo.Peralta L,2-4 ...... 1 ⁄3 New York A.J.Burnett............... 52⁄3 3 3 3 3 9 0 0 0 0 1 Logan H,4 ................ 2⁄3 Wade H,3 ................. 2⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Robertson W,2-0 BS,3-3 ...................... 1 2 1 1 1 1 Ma.Rivera S,22-26 . 1 0 0 0 0 1 HBP—by Price (Cano). Umpires—Home, Jim Wolf;First, Ron Kulpa;Second, Gary Cederstrom;Third, Derryl Cousins. T—3:09. A—48,103 (50,291).

Red Sox 4, Orioles 0 Baltimore

Boston ab r h bi ab r h bi Hardy ss 4 0 1 0 Ellsury cf 4 0 3 0 Markks rf 3 0 1 0 Pedroia 2b 3 2 1 0 AdJons cf 3 0 0 0 AdGnzl 1b 3 1 0 0 Guerrr dh 4 0 0 0 Youkils 3b 4 1 3 2 Wieters c 4 0 1 0 D.Ortiz dh 3 0 1 0 D.Lee 1b 3 0 1 0 Reddck lf 4 0 2 2 MrRynl 3b 3 0 0 0 Sltlmch c 4 0 0 0 Reimld lf 3 0 0 0 J.Drew rf 4 0 0 0 Andino 2b 3 0 0 0 Scutaro ss 4 0 0 0 Totals 30 0 4 0 Totals 33 410 4 Baltimore ............................ 000 000 000 — 0 Boston ................................ 000 030 10x — 4 E—D.Lee (5). DP—Baltimore 2, Boston 1. LOB— Baltimore 6, Boston 8. 2B—Ellsbury (26), Pedroia (18), Youkilis 2 (26), Reddick (5). 3B—Ellsbury (2). SB—Markakis (8). CS—Ad.Jones (1). IP H R ER BB SO Baltimore Simon L,1-2 ............. 42⁄3 7 3 3 3 1 Hendrickson ............ 21⁄3 3 1 1 0 1 Ji.Johnson ............... 1 0 0 0 0 0 Boston Lackey W,6-8 .......... 62⁄3 3 0 0 1 7 1 0 0 0 2 D.Bard H,20 ............. 11⁄3 Papelbon.................. 1 0 0 0 0 1 HBP—by Lackey (Markakis, D.Lee). WP—Lackey 2. Balk—Simon. Umpires—Home, Jeff Nelson;First, Marty Foster;Second, Bill Welke;Third, Mike Estabrook. T—2:48. A—38,205 (37,493).

White Sox 4, Twins 3 Minnesota

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Royals 13, Tigers 6 Detroit

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Kansas City

ab r h bi Getz 2b 4 2 2 1 MeCarr cf 4 2 2 2 AGordn lf 4 1 2 3 Butler dh 5 1 3 2 Hosmer 1b 5 0 0 1 Francr rf 4 1 0 0 Maier rf 1 0 0 0 Betemt 3b 4 2 1 0 Treanr c 2 1 1 1 AEscor ss 3 3 1 3 Totals 38 612 5 Totals 36131213 Detroit .............................. 002 400 000 — 6 Kansas City ..................... 135 013 00x — 13 E—R.Santiago (2), Raburn (9), A.Escobar (8). DP—Kansas City 1. LOB—Detroit 8, Kansas City 6. 2B—V.Martinez (22), Avila (18), Raburn 2 (14). 3B—A.Escobar (4). HR—A.Gordon (11). SB—Getz (16), Treanor (2), A.Escobar (14). SF—Treanor. IP H R ER BB SO Detroit Furbush L,1-3.......... 22⁄3 9 9 4 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 Wilk ........................... 22⁄3 Perry ......................... 12⁄3 1 2 0 1 1 Oliveros .................... 1 0 0 0 0 0 Kansas City Hochevar ................. 32⁄3 9 6 6 3 4 G.Holland W,3-1 ..... 21⁄3 2 0 0 0 2 Teaford S,1-1 .......... 3 1 0 0 0 2 HBP—by Furbush (A.Gordon). WP—Perry, G.Holland. Umpires—Home, Tom Hallion;First, Phil Cuzzi;Second, Alan Porter;Third, James Hoye. T—3:24. A—25,941 (37,903). Dirks lf RSantg ss Boesch rf MiCarr 1b VMrtnz dh Kelly 3b Avila c Raburn 2b C.Wells cf

Rangers 7, Athletics 6 Oakland

Texas ab r h bi ab r h bi JWeeks 2b 5 0 1 1 Kinsler 2b 5 1 1 1 Crisp cf 4 1 1 1 Andrus ss 4 1 2 1 Matsui lf 1 1 0 1 JHmltn lf 5 1 4 3 Sweeny lf 0 0 0 0 ABeltre dh 4 1 1 1 Wlngh dh 4 1 2 1 MiYong 3b 4 0 1 0 SSizmr 3b 4 0 0 1 N.Cruz rf 4 0 0 0 DeJess rf 3 1 0 0 Morlnd 1b 4 1 1 0 Carter 1b 3 0 0 0 Torreal c 4 1 2 1 CJcksn 1b 1 0 1 0 EnChvz cf 4 1 1 0 Powell c 4 1 1 0 Pnngtn ss 4 1 1 1 Totals 33 6 7 6 Totals 38 713 7 Oakland.............................. 040 010 100 — 6 Texas.................................. 010 040 002 — 7 Two outs when winning run scored. E—J.Weeks (4), Torrealba (7). LOB—Oakland 5, Texas 6. 2B—C.Jackson (10), Kinsler (21), J.Hamilton 2 (15), Torrealba (15). HR—Crisp (4), Willingham (11), J.Hamilton (11), A.Beltre (18). CS—Matsui (1). SF—Andrus. IP H R ER BB SO Oakland McCarthy ................. 6 9 5 5 0 4 Devine H,7 ............... 1 2 0 0 0 0 Balfour H,14............. 1 0 0 0 0 1 A.Bailey L,0-2 BS,2-10 .................... 2⁄3 2 2 2 0 0 Texas C.Lewis .................... 6 5 5 4 3 9 Tom.Hunter ............. 11⁄3 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 D.Oliver W,2-5 ........ 12⁄3 Umpires—Home, Eric Cooper;First, Jeff Kellogg;Second, D.J. Reyburn;Third, Tim Timmons. T—2:43. A—34,066 (49,170).

N A T I O N A L L E A G U E Braves 4, Phillies 1, 11 innings Atlanta

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ab r h bi r h bi Schafer cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 AlGnzlz ss 5 1 2 1 0 1 0 McCnn c 5 1 1 2 0 0 0 Fremn 1b 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 Uggla 2b 5 1 1 1 0 1 0 Heywrd rf 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 Lugo 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 McLoth lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 Hanson p 2 0 0 0 1 1 1 Hicks ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Venters p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OFlhrt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sherrill p 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 Hinske ph 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WRmrz pr 0 1 0 0 Kimrel p 0 0 0 0 Totals 37 4 5 4 Totals 39 1 6 1 Atlanta ........................ 000 010 000 03 — 4 Philadelphia ............... 001 000 000 00 — 1 E—Cl.Lee (1). LOB—Atlanta 4, Philadelphia 7. 2B—Mayberry (6). HR—McCann (15), Uggla (15), Cl.Lee (1). S—Schafer. IP H R ER BB SO Atlanta Hanson ..................... 7 4 1 1 1 6 Venters..................... 1 0 0 0 0 1 O’Flaherty ................ 1 0 0 0 0 1 Sherrill W,2-1 .......... 1 2 0 0 1 1 Kimbrel S,28-33 ...... 1 0 0 0 0 0 Philadelphia Cl.Lee ....................... 8 3 1 1 2 9

Bastardo ................... 1 0 0 0 0 2 J.Perez ..................... 1 0 0 0 0 2 Stutes L,3-1 ............. 1 2 3 3 1 1 Umpires—Home, Mike Everitt;First, Chris Guccione;Second, Mike Muchlinski;Third, Mike Winters. T—3:15. A—45,637 (43,651).

Dodgers 1, Padres 0 San Diego

Los Angeles ab r h bi ab r h bi Venale rf 3 0 0 0 GwynJ lf 3 0 0 0 Bartlett ss 4 0 0 0 Furcal ss 4 0 0 0 OHudsn 2b 4 0 0 0 Ethier rf 3 0 0 0 Headly 3b 2 0 0 0 Kemp cf 3 0 0 0 Denorfi lf 3 0 0 0 Loney 1b 3 0 0 0 Maybin cf 3 0 1 0 Uribe 3b 4 1 1 0 Rizzo 1b 3 0 0 0 DNavrr c 4 0 1 1 RJhnsn c 3 0 0 0 Carroll 2b 2 0 0 0 Harang p 2 0 0 0 RDLRs p 1 0 0 0 Spence p 0 0 0 0 Velez ph 1 0 0 0 Qualls p 0 0 0 0 Guerrir p 0 0 0 0 KPhlps ph 1 0 0 0 MacDgl p 0 0 0 0 MAdms p 0 0 0 0 Oeltjen ph 0 0 0 0 Grgrsn p 0 0 0 0 Hwksw p 0 0 0 0 Totals 28 0 1 0 Totals 28 1 2 1 San Diego .......................... 000 000 000 — 0 Los Angeles....................... 000 000 001 — 1 Two outs when winning run scored. E—Bartlett (15), Headley (10). LOB—San Diego 5, Los Angeles 7. 2B—Uribe (12). CS—Gwynn Jr. (3). S—Oeltjen. IP H R ER BB SO San Diego Harang...................... 6 0 0 0 3 6 Spence ..................... 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 1 Qualls ....................... 2⁄3 0 0 0 1 0 M.Adams.................. 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 Gregerson L,2-2...... 2⁄3 Los Angeles R.De La Rosa.......... 6 1 0 0 4 8 Guerrier .................... 1 0 0 0 0 0 MacDougal .............. 1 0 0 0 0 1 Hawksworth W,2-2.. 1 0 0 0 0 1 WP—R.De La Rosa. Umpires—Home, Angel Campos;First, Cory Blaser;Second, Chad Fairchild;Third, Angel Hernandez. T—2:49. A—29,744 (56,000).

Cubs 6, Pirates 3 Chicago

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Pittsburgh

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Rockies 2, Nationals 1 Colorado

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Washington

ab r h bi Berndn cf 4 0 1 0 Espinos 2b 4 0 0 0 Zmrmn 3b 4 0 1 0 L.Nix lf 4 0 1 0 Morse 1b 4 0 2 0 Werth rf 3 0 0 0 Flores c 3 0 0 0 Dsmnd ss 3 1 2 0 Marqus p 1 0 0 0 Ankiel ph 1 0 0 1 Detwilr p 0 0 0 0 Stairs ph 1 0 0 0 Coffey p 0 0 0 0 Totals 30 2 6 2 Totals 32 1 7 1 Colorado ............................ 000 110 000 — 2 Washington ....................... 000 001 000 — 1 DP—Colorado 2, Washington 2. LOB—Colorado 6, Washington 5. 2B—M.Ellis (5), Helton (17). 3B—Desmond (3). HR—Helton (10). IP H R ER BB SO Colorado Jimenez W,4-8 ........ 8 5 1 1 1 8 Street S,26-28 ......... 1 2 0 0 0 1 Washington Marquis L,7-4 .......... 6 5 2 2 4 1 Detwiler .................... 2 1 0 0 1 1 Coffey ....................... 1 0 0 0 0 0 WP—Marquis. Umpires—Home, Jerry Layne;First, Brian Knight;Second, Hunter Wendelstedt;Third, Bob Davidson. T—2:38. A—29,441 (41,506). Splrghs cf-lf M.Ellis 2b Helton 1b Tlwtzk ss S.Smith rf Wggntn lf CGnzlz cf IStewrt 3b Iannett c Jimenz p Street p

Marlins 6, Astros 1 Houston

Florida ab r h bi ab r h bi Bourn cf 3 0 1 0 Bonifac 3b 3 2 1 0 Kppngr 2b 4 0 0 0 Infante 2b 4 1 0 0 Pence rf 4 0 0 0 GSnchz 1b 2 1 1 0 Ca.Lee lf 4 0 1 0 HRmrz ss 3 1 0 2 Wallac 1b 4 0 0 0 Morrsn lf 4 0 3 3 CJhnsn 3b 4 1 2 0 Wise pr-lf 0 0 0 0 Barmes ss 2 0 1 0 Stanton rf 4 0 0 0 WLopez p 0 0 0 0 Camrn cf 3 0 0 0 Bogsvc ph 1 0 1 1 J.Buck c 4 1 2 1 DelRsr p 0 0 0 0 Nolasco p 4 0 0 0 AnRdrg p 0 0 0 0 Quinter c 3 0 0 0 Myers p 1 0 1 0 AngSnc ss 2 0 0 0 Totals 32 1 7 1 Totals 31 6 7 6 Houston.............................. 000 000 100 — 1 Florida ................................ 110 040 00x — 6 E—Barmes (4). DP—Houston 1, Florida 2. LOB— Houston 5, Florida 6. 2B—Ca.Lee (24), Bogusevic (1), Myers (1), Morrison (18). 3B—Morrison (2). HR—J.Buck (10). SB—Bonifacio (13). IP H R ER BB SO Houston Myers L,3-9.............. 41⁄3 4 6 5 4 4 W.Lopez................... 12⁄3 1 0 0 0 0 Del Rosario.............. 1 2 0 0 0 0 An.Rodriguez .......... 1 0 0 0 0 1 Florida Nolasco W,6-5 ........ 9 7 1 1 1 8 HBP—by Myers (G.Sanchez). WP—Nolasco. Umpires—Home, Jerry Meals;First, CB Bucknor;Second, Dan Iassogna;Third, Dale Scott. T—2:29. A—20,402 (38,560).

Cardinals 7, Diamondbacks 6 Arizona

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St. Louis

ab r h bi Theriot ss 5 1 1 0 Freese 3b 5 0 0 0 Pujols 1b 4 1 3 3 Hollidy lf 5 0 2 0 Brkmn rf 3 0 1 0 Rasms cf 5 2 1 0 YMolin c 4 1 1 0 Crpntr p 2 0 1 0 Punto ph 0 0 0 0 MBggs p 0 0 0 0 TMiller p 0 0 0 0 Motte p 0 0 0 0 Lynn p 0 0 0 0 Jay ph 1 1 1 0 Salas p 0 0 0 0 T.Cruz ph 1 0 1 1 Schmkr 2b 4 1 3 1 Totals 34 611 5 Totals 39 715 5 Arizona ............................... 031 001 100 — 6 St. Louis ............................. 100 002 031 — 7 One out when winning run scored. E—Burroughs (1), C.Young (2), J.Upton (8), Rasmus (3). DP—Arizona 1, St. Louis 2. LOB—Arizona 8, St. Louis 12. 2B—K.Johnson (17), J.Upton (23), C.Young (25), Y.Molina (18), C.Carpenter (2), T.Cruz (5), Schumaker (11). HR—Pujols (18). SB— C.Young (12). S—Burroughs, D.Hudson. IP H R ER BB SO Arizona D.Hudson................. 5 8 3 2 3 4 Demel H,5................ 1 1 0 0 0 0 Brazoban BS,1-1..... 2 4 3 3 1 2 Paterson L,0-3 ......... 1⁄3 2 1 1 1 0 St. Louis C.Carpenter............. 6 9 5 4 4 3 M.Boggs................... 0 1 1 1 0 0 T.Miller ..................... 1⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 Motte......................... 2⁄3 Lynn .......................... 1 0 0 0 0 1 Salas W,5-2 ............. 1 0 0 0 0 1 M.Boggs pitched to 2 batters in the 7th. D.Hudson pitched to 3 batters in the 6th. HBP—by M.Boggs (C.Young). WP—D.Hudson. PB—Y.Molina. Umpires—Home, Brian O’Nora;First, Alfonso Marquez;Second, Ed Hickox;Third, Ed Rapuano. T—3:16. A—42,745 (43,975).

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H I T S

Through July 9, 2011 (x-active; y-played prior to 1901) Player .................................................................. Hits 1. Pete Rose ......................................................4,256 2. Ty Cobb ..........................................................4,191 3. Hank Aaron ....................................................3,771

4. Stan Musial.....................................................3,630 5. Tris Speaker ..................................................3,514 6. Carl Yastrzemski ...........................................3,419 7. y-Cap Anson ..................................................3,418 8. y-Honus Wagner ...........................................3,415 9. Paul Molitor ....................................................3,319 10. Eddie Collins................................................3,315 11. Willie Mays ...................................................3,283 12. Eddie Murray ...............................................3,255 13. y-Nap Lajoie ................................................3,242 14. Cal Ripken ...................................................3,184 15. George Brett ................................................3,154 16. Paul Waner...................................................3,152 17. Robin Yount .................................................3,142 18. Tony Gwynn ................................................3,141 19. Dave Winfield ..............................................3,110 20. Craig Biggio .................................................3,060 21. Rickey Henderson ......................................3,055 22. Rod Carew ...................................................3,053 23. Lou Brock .....................................................3,023 24. Rafael Palmeiro ..........................................3,020 25. Wade Boggs ................................................3,010 26. Al Kaline .......................................................3,007 27. x-Derek Jeter ...............................................3,003 28. Roberto Clemente ......................................3,000 SOURCE: MLB

T H I S D A T E I N B A S E B A L L July 10 1917 — Ray Caldwell of New York pitched 9 2-3 innings of no-hit relief as the Yankees beat the Browns 7-5 in 17 innings in St. Louis. 1932 — The Philadelphia A’s defeated Cleveland 18-17 in an 18-inning game in which John Burnett of the Indians had a record nine hits. Jimmie Foxx collected 16 total bases, and Eddie Rommell of the A’s pitched 17 innings in relief for the win, despite giving up 29 hits and 14 runs. 1934 — Carl Hubbell struck out Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons and Joe Cronin in succession, but the AL came back to win the AllStar game 9-7 at the Polo Grounds as Mel Harder gave up one hit in the last five innings. 1936 — Philadelphia’s Chuck Klein hit four home runs in a 10-inning victory over the Pirates, and it wasn’t in the cozy Baker Bowl. He hit them in spacious Forbes Field in a 9-6 win over Pittsburgh. 1951 — The NL hit four homers en route to an 8-3 triumph at Detroit, giving the league consecutive All-Star victories for the first time. 2001 — Cal Ripken upstaged every big name in the ballpark, hitting a home run and winning the MVP award in his final All-Star appearance to lead the American League over the Nationals 4-1. Derek Jeter and Magglio Ordonez connected for consecutive home runs as the AL won its fifth in a row.

F R I D AY ’ S L A T E B O X E S Phillies 3, Braves 2, 10 innings Atlanta

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SUPER-BESSE, France â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Portuguese rider Rui Alberto Costa won the eighth stage of the Tour de France after withstanding a late attack from Philippe Gilbert in the final climb on Saturday, while Norwayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Thor Hushovd kept the overall leaderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s yellow jersey. Costa waved his hands in delight and punched the air as he crossed the line in 4 hours, 36 minutes, 46 seconds to clinch the first Tour stage win of his career. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I knew I could get in the breakawaytoday.Theteamputmeinthe best position,â&#x20AC;? Costa said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was lucky that I managed to hold on until the end. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very happy with this win. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iattackedonmyownattheend. I saw that my legs were good and that I could hold it alone. When it got to two kilometers (1.2 miles) from the end, I really worked hard and managed to reach my objective.â&#x20AC;? Costa paid tribute to Spanish cyclist Xavier Tondo, who died in May in a freak accident after he was

last mile, but the Kazakh rider ran out of steam as he had no teammates to help him when riding for severalpunishingmilesonhisown. Gilbert was fresher after sitting in with the main pack for much of the dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s climbs. He overtook Vinokourov after launching an attack with about a quarter of a mile left. Vinokourov finished in 22nd place as many of the pack swallowed him up. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vino is really very strong, I take myhatofftohim,â&#x20AC;?Gilbertsaid.â&#x20AC;&#x153;He deserved to win this stage.â&#x20AC;? None of the main Tour contenders lost any significant time and AP PHOTO finished in the same time as Evans, as did Hushovd. Philippe Gilbert of Belgium hits the finish line in second position Defending champion Alberto to take the best sprinterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s green jersey in stage eight of the tour. Contador, Andy Schleck of Luxemcrushed between his car and a ga- was very fast, there was a favorable bourg and Evans of Australia â&#x20AC;&#x201D; wind. The last climb was very hard; both two-time runners-up â&#x20AC;&#x201D; sized rage door. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to dedicate this win to all I had to sit back down near the end up each other with mini-attacks. the people who believed in me and of the line. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The last 200 meters were very supported me,â&#x20AC;? Costa said. To my family, my teammates, to Xavier long, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll take a second place on the Tour de France any day.â&#x20AC;? Tondo.â&#x20AC;? Hushovd is still one second The race entered the mountains for the first time in the117-mile trek ahead of Evans and has been wearfrom Aigurande to Super-Besse, ing the yellow jersey since his Garfeaturing a sharp category-2 climb min-Cervelo team won last Sunup Col de la Croix and a final climb dayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time trial. Hushovd, not a renowned climber, was certain he of 1 mile. Gilbert of Belgium made up a was going to lose the yellow jersey huge amount of time before cross- before the stage. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maybe I was a bit pessimistic,â&#x20AC;? ing 12 seconds adrift, with AustraliancyclistCadelEvansfinishing15 he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think I could do it. seconds behind Costa in third Another day in yellow, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a miracle.â&#x20AC;? place. Alexandre Vinokourov closed to â&#x20AC;&#x153;I needed a few more hundred meters,â&#x20AC;? Gilbert said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The stage within 15 seconds of Costa in the

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further information about the playerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s arrest. A Steelers spokesman did not immediately reWard spond to a message, and it was not immediately clear if Ward had an attorney. Since being drafted in the third round out of Georgia in 1998, Ward, 35, has been a fourtime Pro Bowl selection and won two Super Bowls. Dancing with professional partner Kym Johnson, Ward in May became the second professional football player to win the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Dancingâ&#x20AC;? crown after Emmitt Smith won in 2006.

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The Yankee offense exploded for five runs in the bottom of the third inning. Addison Maruszak started the rally with a single to left field. Doug Bernier then singled in Maruszak, cutting the Red Wings lead to just 2-1. Later in the inning Jorge Vazquez roped a two-RBI double to the right-centerf ield gap giving the Yankees a 3-2 lead. However, they weren’t done there. Brandon Laird widened the gap with a two-run homer way over the advertising boards in left field. The Yankees lead was 5-2 after three. The Yankees lead was 5-2 in the top of the fifth of the second game of the doubleheader at press time. The Yankees wasted no time

getting after Rochester starting pitcher Eric Hacker in the first game of the twin bill. The first four Yankee hitters reached base safely. Chris Dickerson drew a leadoff walk, Greg Golson then singled up the middle and Terry Tiffee roped a single to right field, allowing Dickerson to score from second. Jorge Vazquez then drew a walk, which loaded the bases for Brandon Laird with nobody out in the inning. Laird did the job as he hit a sacrifice fly to right field, giving the Yankees a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the third inning. However, the Yankees weren’t done yet. Jordan Parraz continued the Yankees first inning rally with an RBI single right back up the middle. However, Hacker retired the next two Yankees to end the first inning, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre led 3-0. The Yankee offense showed no signs of cooling as they rallied for

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Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees outfielder Jordan Parraz makes a catch during Saturday’s game against the Rochester Red Wings at PNC Field in Moosic.

three runs in the bottom of the second. Tiffee started the scoring with a two-out RBI single to center field. Vazquez was then hit by one of Hacker’s pitches, giving the Yankees runners on both first and second base. Laird

and Parraz then cashed in Vazquez and Tiffee with consecutive RBI singles to center field. The Yankees lead was 6-0 after two. Scranton/Wilkes-Barre extended its lead to 9-0 in the bottom of the fourth. Laird picked

U.S. WOMEN’S OPEN

Japanese duo head scoreboard The Associated Press

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — For months now, the battered country of Japan has been looking for a lift. By using her blossoming golf game as a tool for charity, 21-yearold Mika Miyazato could turn the U.S. Women’s Open into the feel-good story her country seeks — and back it with some cold, hard cash. Miyazato shot 67 to grab the lead at 5-under-par 137 at the halfway point at the Broadmoor on Saturday, where rain once again stopped play early and brought up the prospect of a grueling, 36-hole schedule today. She had a one-shot lead over Ai Miyazato — who is not related but is from the same city, Okinawa. When the Miyazatos return to the course, they will play in the final group together, each wearing red and white pins they created to raise awareness for the thousands of victims in a country ravaged by an earthquake, tsunami and the resulting nuclear catastrophe. The pins have Japanese characters that translate to “Never Give Up Japan.” For Mika, it goes beyond mere symbols, though. She is donating all her winnings from the 2011 majors to the Red Cross for the recovery cause in her home country. That has already totaled more than $100,000 thanks to top-10 finishes at the first two majors. First place at the U.S. Open is worth around $600,000. “Winning majors is what I strive for,” she said. “And to donate all of my earnings from the majors, I hope to give positive things to the people who are around the disaster area.” What a way to make a name for herself — even though Mika has spent most of her young career being confused with Ai Miyazato. Ai has six LPGA Tour victories to none for Mika and she has spent a longer time on the radar as the best hope to become the next golf superstar in a country that loves the game. Not that Mika has complained much when people get them mixed up.

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Mika Miyazato of Japan, the 36-hole leader, on the eighth hole as she finishes the delayed second round of the Women’s U.S. Open golf tournament Saturday, in Colorado Springs, Colo.

“Everybody thinks we’re sisters,” she said. “That way, everybody can remember me, because Ai is playing great.” For the final 36 holes, the Miyazatos will also be grouped with South Korea’s I.K. Kim, who returned early Saturday with the lead, played the last four holes of her second round, then finished the day two shots behind — in third place at 3 under. In an attempt to bring a Sunday conclusion to a tournament that has fallen behind after three straight afternoons of rain, the USGA will send threesomes off from the 1 and 10 tees today and will not re-pair the groups after the third round. It brings up the prospect, however slight, of having a victory celebration on the ninth green. John Deere Classic SILVIS, Ill. — Steve Stricker

stood in the bunker left of the first fairway, eyed his ball in the rough on the edge of the trap, then looked at the flag 122 yards away. If it felt like he’d been in that position before, well, that’s because he had. “I had that same stance in my pro-am,” he said. “Same bunker, same exact shot. I was right in the same spot.” All he wanted to do was get the ball on the green, which he did. And then came the shot of the day, a 75-foot putt for birdie that led to an 8-under-par 63 Saturday and a two-stroke lead after three rounds of the John Deere Classic. “I was just trying to get a twoputt and par and move on,” Stricker said. “To make a put like that, you don’t expect to, nor are the odds in your favor to make a putt like that. But it went in with perfect speed and it got me go-

ing.” Stricker fashioned his best round of the year while closing in on his third straight victory in the tournament. He’s at 20-under 193 following a par on save on 18, where he twice hit into bunkers before drilling a 15-foot putt. That put Stricker in a good spot because he’s won the last four times he held the outright lead going into the final round. Stricker said he often hears stats like that, but insisted he doesn’t remember them. “I don’t put a lot of stock in numbers past, present, whatever,” he said. “I just try to go out there and do the things that I’m capable of doing. You’ve just got to stick to your own game and that’s what I’ve been able to do the last four or five years.” Zimbabwean Brendon de Jonge is alone in second at 195 after matching Stricker’s 63.

Rain turns Scottish Open into a 54-hole tournament More bad weather in forecast hours after their last shot, offifor tourney, which still hasn’t cials decided conditions were still too poor to resume. completed the second round. “We tried very hard, we were By STEVE DOUGLAS AP Sports Writer

INVERNESS, Scotland — The Scottish Open was reduced to a three-round event after torrential rain overnight and throughout Saturday flooded the Castle Stuart links course at Inverness, wiping out the entire third day’s play. Organizers worked to restore Castle Stuart to a playable condition following heavy downpours in the Highlands and the unfinished second-round groupings — which amounted to half the field — took their positions out on the course late Saturday. As players were about to restart their rounds more than 24

desperate to get out and play ... but unfortunately, despite all the efforts of all the guys on the golf course, we just couldn’t get the course playable,” tournament director Mike Stewart said. With no shot being hit on day three, the leaderboard was unchanged, leaving 2010 U.S. Open champion Graeme McDowell in a three-way share of the lead at11 under with Scottish pair Peter Whiteford and Scott Jamieson. All three players finished their second rounds in dry, still conditions early on Friday. “I’ve been up in this area for a long time now and we have courtesy-car drivers who are 65 years of age and haven’t seen the likes of this before. None of us have,” former Europe Ryder Cup cap-

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A view of the new links course at Castle Stuart, in Inverness, site of the Scottish Open, Saturday after heavy rain overnight.

tain Colin Montgomerie, one of 70 players still to wrap up their second round, said of the conditions. “This is extreme to say the least. It’s freak conditions.”

Players will be back out early today to complete their second rounds, with the third and final round to follow, although more rain is expected in the Highlands.

up his third RBI on the day with a double to center field. Jordan Parraz then reached on a fielder’s choice to load the bases. P.J. Pilittere and Nunez then roped consecutive RBI singles to round out the three-run fourth inning.

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Neither team scored in the remainder of the game and the Yankees emerged with a 9-0 victory in game one. Every player in the Yankee line up reached base in the game and eight of the nine had hits. The Yankees improved to 4740 after a victory in the first game of the twin bill. The Red Wings fell to 34-54. Mitchell was credited with the win while striking out five and allowing just four hits. He improved to 6-7 on the season and now has an ERA of 3.20. Eric Hacker suffered the loss for Rochester. He lasted just 3 1/3 innings and allowed nine runs while scattering 10 hits. The Yankees and Red Wings wrap up their series today. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. Right-hander Lance Pendleton (2-2, 2.55) gets the nod for the Yankees, while Kevin Slowey (0-0, 6.75) will start for the Red Wings.

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Derek Jeter’s highlight hits 1 — May 30, 1995, at Seattle Mariners, off Tim Belcher. Single to Continued from Page 1C left. of the season to counter his critics 13 — April 2, 1996, against Cleveand doubters, to prove that he still land Indians, off Dennis Martinez. First home run. was, indeed, Derek Jeter. How else 100 — July 17, 1996, at Boston Red to explain it? His first home run in Sox, off Joe Hudson. the Bronx this year, for No. 3,000. 1,000 — Sept. 25, 2000, against “You want to hit the ball hard,” Detroit Tigers, off Steve Sparks. he said. “I didn’t want to hit a slow 1,500 — Aug. 13, 2003, at Baltiroller to third base and have it be more Orioles, off Pat Hentgen. 1,811 — June 18, 2005, against replayed forever.” Chicago Cubs, off Joe Borowski. “It’s a number that’s meant a lot First career grand slam. in baseball,” he said. “To be the on- 2,000 — May 26, 2006, against ly Yankee to do anything is spe- Kansas City Royals, off Scott Elarton. Eighth Yankee to reach 2,000 cial.” Oh, and for good measure: Jeter hits. 2,500 — Aug. 22, 2008, at Baltistole a base, too. For any hitter, a more Orioles, off Radhames Liz. perfect game. Something out of Third to reach 2,500 hits as a “The Natural,” really. Yankee. “I don’t think you can script it 2,688 — Aug. 16, 2009, against any better,” Yankees manager Joe Seattle Mariners, off Doug Fister. Girardi said. “This is already mo- Hit No. 2,675 as a shortstop (13 as a DH) tops Luis Aparicio for most vie-ready.” hits by a shortstop. Added the Rays’ Johnny Da- 2,722 — Sept. 11, 2009, against mon, a former teammate: “Hope- Baltimore Orioles, off Chris Tillfully he can act very well and hope- man. Passes Lou Gehrig for most fully he can play himself in his own hits by Yankee. movie, that’s the type of day this 3,000 — July 9, 2011, against Tampa Bay Rays, off David Price. Home was.” run to left field. First to reach the In fact, HBO will soon show a mark as a Yankee.

documentary about Jeter’s pursuit. “Nobody better in the clutch,” Yankees star Jorge Posada chimed in. “He looks forward to that moment, and today was a perfect example.” With a swift swing of his shiny black bat, Jeter jolted himself into historic company, hitting a solo home run off All-Star ace David Price in the third inning. He became the 28th major leaguer to hit the mark and joined former teammate Wade Boggs as the only players to do it with a home run. Jeter watched the ball fly as he left the batter’s box and gave a big clap as he rounded first base. Rays first baseman Casey Kotchman was the first to salute Jeter, doffing his cap as Jeter passed by. “Hitting a home run was the last thing I was thinking about,” Jeter said. “I was pretty relieved.” By then, all of Jeter’s teammates were already celebrating in the dugout, raising their arms almost in unison. A special time for No. 2 — his second hit of the game, and right at 2 p.m. He looked every bit like a spry 27-year-old with those bright green eyes and an even brighter future, rather than a 37-year-old shortstop with his best days behind him. Jeter finished the day with 3,003 hits. The only thing left, it seemed, was a triple — Jeter has never hit for the cycle. Instead, he singled in the sixth, and bounced a tiebreaking single through a drawn-in infield. “I was expecting the triple,” Yankees closer Mariano Rivera kidded. “That’s the way it is.” The prize ball, one of the specially marked ones put in play for the occasion once Jeter got to 2,999 hits, disappeared into a cluster of fans a few rows beyond the wall. Christian Lopez of Highland Mills, N.Y., sitting in Section 236, emerged with the valuable memento after it bounced off his father’s hand. The 23-year-old former football player from St. Lawrence University gladly gave the ball back to Jeter, saying it never occurred to him to keepit.TheYankeesrewardedhim with four tickets to every game for the rest of the year, and memorabilia autographed by Jeter — three bats, three balls and two jerseys. “Mr. Jeter deserved it,” Lopez said. “It’s all his.” Jeter 3K merchandise, meanwhile, began flying off the shelves

at the souvenir stands. Hats, pins, shirts and more, all commemorating No. 3,000, hadn’t gone on sale until it occurred. True to his nature of staying focused on the game, Jeter briskly rounded the bases. When Boggs got his 3,000th, he knelt down and kissed home plate. Not Jeter’s style. But there was no way this moment would pass without plenty of fanfare. Posada, his good buddy, greeted Jeter with a bear hug after he crossed the plate. Rivera and the rest of the Yankees were right behind, swallowing up Jeter before he could reach the dugout. The bullpen gate swung open, too, as New York’s relievers came pouring in. Jeter, still in the midst of a most difficult season, waved to the crowd several times, then pointed up to the box where his dad and steady girlfriend, actress Minka Kelly, were sitting. His dad was in attendance — his mom and sister were absent, attending a christening. “It was tremendous,” Jeter’s father, Charles, told the YES Network. “I can’t describe how I was feeling. We need a victory, first of all. ... Very emotional for me, very happy for him.” All the Yankees greats left their distinct marks. Babe Ruth set the home run record, Lou Gehrig became the Iron Horse, Joe DiMaggio hit in 56 straight games, Yogi Berra won the most championships, Mickey Mantle launched the longest drives. They all won World Series rings, certainly, with Jeter owning five. The 3,000 hits, that will be Jeter’s legacy forever. “I want to give him a big hug. It’s an absolute wonderful accomplishment,” Berra said in a statement. Whenever Jeter retires, a plaque in Monument Park is guaranteed to follow. Someday, he’ll surely have a monument, too. Because on the list of monumental baseball achievements, this ranks up there. Along with 28 players with 3,000 hits, there are 25 members of the 500-homer club and 23 pitchers in the 300-win circle. And the Yankees: They’ve got 27 World Series championships. Jeter desperately wanted to achieve the mark at home, and the Yankees only had two games left in the Bronx before the All-Star break,withaneight-gameroadtrip looming to start the second half.

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TENNIS

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NEWPORT, R.I. — Andre Agassi used his induction speech at the International Tennis Hall of Fame to thank the sport for all it has given him — including his wife, fellow Hall of Famer Steffi Graf. Agassi acknowledged there were times he resented the sport, which his father pushed him into as a small child. But the 40-year-old, eight-time Grand Slam champion said Saturday it was all part of the journey that brought him to the Newport shrine. Agassi was No. 1 in the world for 101 straight weeks before dropping to No. 141. Only then did he really appreciate the sport. Also inducted was Fern “Peachy” Kellmeyer, who fought for women’s athletic

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Tennis great Andre Agassi holds his plaque as he is inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame on Saturday in Newport, R.I.

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MINNEAPOLIS — The federal magistrate judge who is mediating the labor dispute between NFL owners and players has scheduled another session for July 19 in Minneapolis. Judge Arthur J. Boylan set the meeting on Saturday, just before starting his vacation. But he also made clear that both sides should continue their own sessions in the interim as they work toward a new collective bargaining agreement. The principals in the fight over how to split up over $9 billion in revenue met all week in New York, but still have not reached a new deal as the lockout has dragged on for more than four months. The urgency, it appears, is starting to heat up. Several teams have already canceled their traditional out-of-town portions of

training camp and the Hall of Fame game between Chicago and St. Louis is less than a month away. Boylan ordered both sides to continue mediation without him “in an effort to define and narrow the differences between their respective settlement positions.” He also ordered attorneys from both sides to be ready to meet with him on the evening of July 18 “for an in-person agenda- setting session” that presumably would set the stage for meaningful, fruitful talks the following day. After putting in two days in New York this week, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and NFL Players’ Association chief DeMaurice Smith announced that they were taking the weekend off. They plan to resume negotiations on Monday in what will be the first mediation sessions with owners and players present that does not include Boylan. If the league and players have not reached a deal by the time they are scheduled to meet with Boylan in Minneapolis, it could

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Geese tell a story Harvest rates, population trends and bag limits gauged from the banding of geese. By TOM VENESKY tvenesky@timesleader.com

NORTHMORELAND TWP., WYOMING COUNTY – There’s a good reason why the Pennsylvania Game Commission conducts its annual goose banding at the end of June. It’s the only time of year when the geese can’t fly. “Adult geese drop all of their flight feathers at once when they molt, and they can’t fly for about a month,” said PGC biologist Ian Gregg. “It happens pretty consistently at the end of June.” That’s ONLINE when agency personnel emFor more on barked on sevthis subject, scan this QR eral area lakes code into your and ponds to smartphone or trap and band visit www.timesleader.com resident Canada geese throughout the state. Last year the agency captured and banded 2,970 Canada geese, while this year’s quota was 2,557. The bands, which are attached to the leg, contain an 800 number and a website that hunters who harvest a banded goose can call to report the band number and location. The information is collected by the U.S. Geological Survey Bird Banding Program, and is used to gauge harvest rates, monitor population trends and set seasons and bag limits for resident Canada geese. “A resident Canada goose is one that breeds in Pennsylvania,” said PGC wildlife biologist Drew Zellner. “Resident geese can be a problem for landowners and in some areas they are becoming more prevalent. When the geese would migrate in and out, it’s not as big a problem for landowners. They just don’t want them all year-round.” Capturing flocks of resident geese is a relatively easy process because the birds can’t fly during late June. Once on land, PGC personnel and volunteers corral the birds with fence panels. Once inside, volunteers climb in and hand the geese out to biologists, who determine the sex, record data and apply a leg band before releasing them. It takes just several minutes to band each goose, and it’s not uncommon to recapture geese that were already banded years ago. “We’re looking for 300 to 350 geese to band in the region,” Zellner said. “The quotas are

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Pennsylvania Game Commission wildlife biologist Drew Zellner guides a group of resident Canada geese ashore at Frances Slocum State Park. The geese were banded and released by PGC personnel.

PGC wildlife biologist Jack Gilbert, left, and diversity biologist Rich Fritsky band the leg of a resident Canada goose at Frances Slocum State Park.

based on the spring breeding population over the last three years. Basically, it’s about one percent of that population.” PGC Northeast Region Biologist Kevin Wenner said there are areas where the resident goose population has decreased through control measures such as depredation programs and permitted actions to eliminate nests. Still, plenty of areas remain where the resident geese flourish. “We’re basically creating the habitat for resident geese by

A metal band is attached to each goose. The band has contact info for hunters who harvest a banded goose.

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Gregg said the resident goose population in Pennsylvania beThree Canada goose subspecies canadensis), which migrate over gan to increase in the 1990s and eastern Pennsylvania. occur in Pennsylvania. is relatively stable today Our resident geese are giant Two are migrants that breed in throughout the state. Resident Canada geese (Branta canaCanada; the third breeds here. densis maxima). Resident geese geese breed at a younger age The migrants comprise geese than the subspecies of Canada nest and winter here and the from growth of this the Southern James Bay popgoose that migrates, Gregg said, population has been phenomulation (Branta canadensis and longer hunting seasons enal. Before 1935, no Canada interior), along with higher bag limits geese nested anywhere in Pennwhich fly over westernmost have helped to keep numbers sylvania. But today they can be Pennsylvania, and the Atlantic found nesting in every county. stable. population (Branta canadensis “We’d still like to see the numbers come down some,” Gregg mowing grass around bodies of and they like to graze on grass, said. “Our spring population is water,” Wenner said. “Geese like so that’s the perfect habitat for 250,000 to 300,000 statewide, and 150,000 is the goal.” to be able to see all around them resident geese.”

OUTDOORS NOTES Pheasants Afield PA will hold a tri-county trap shoot Saturday beginning at 10 a.m. The shoot will be held at the Tri-County Sportsman Club in Silvara (331 Board Road, Laceyville, Pa. 18623). Cost is $25 for 50 rounds and lunch. Trophies will be awarded for best score in youth, female and male divisions. All shooters will also be entered for a chance to win a pheasant hunt at Ringneck

Ridge. Take Route 6W to 367N and follow signs to the shoot. The U.S. Army Corps Engineers Philadelphia District has announced it will hold whitewater releases Aug. 28 and 29 from the Francis E. Walter Dam. The Corps updated the recreation plan, which states whitewater events scheduled for the final weekend in August and in September will be

held if adequate water storage is accumulated in the reservoir. A rainy season has enabled the Corps to schedule the two water releases in August. The whitewater releases will be approximately 650 cubic feet per second of water. They would bring the total number of whitewater events to 21 for 2011. The Corps will continue to utilize

storage for weekday and weekend fisheries enhancement water releases of 100 cubic feet per second through Aug. 5 and 50 cubic feet per second through Sept 11. For updates on the plan, visit the Corps web site or Facebook fan page: http://www.nap.usace.army.mil or http://www.facebook.com/fewalterdam.

PGC vs. deadly deer disease: Big-stakes battle

ay Delaney doesn’t hide the fact that pheasant hunting and restoration is high on his list of priorities as a commissioner on the Pennsylvania Game Commission board. Delaney lives and breathes pheasants. It’s his passion. But right now it’s not Delaney’s priority. A different topic has switched Delaney’s focus. It’s called Chronic Wasting Disease, and at last glance it was less than 10 miles from Pennsylvania’s border, infecting deer to our south in Maryland. The disease affects the cervid family – deer, elk and moose – by killing brain cells. Ultimately, CWD kills any deer, elk or moose it infects. There is no way to test live animals for the disease and, unfortunately, there is no vaccine. Right now, there are only preventative measures and the PGC is making sure it has them in place in case CWD appears in Pennsylvania. During last month’s PGC meeting, the board granted preliminary approval on a revised set of emergency powers that the agency’s executive director can utilize if CWD appears in Pennsylvania’s deer or elk. Those measures include allowing the taking of cervids without regard to established seasons and bag limits and methods of take; requiring mandatory checking of hunter-killed cervids; prohibiting the removal of high-risk cervid parts; prohibiting the rehabilitation of cervids; prohibiting the use, collection, possession and exportation of cervid urine-based attractants; prohibiting the feeding of cervids; and prohibiting any new permits to possess or transport live cervids. The first measure on the list basically means eradicating deer in an area where CWD is present. That’s an alarming step and there’s differing opinions on if that step was successful in the other states where it was tried. But the fact that it could even be considered speaks volumes on the seriousness of CWD. “This disease has the potential to impact hunting in Pennsylvania like we’ve never seen before,” Delaney said. “Deer are our most hunted resource and we have to do everything in our power to preserve that resource.” The list of states and Canadian provinces where the disease is present has been growing. So far 19 states and two Canadian provinces have detected CWD in its deer, elk or moose. Some people, including Delaney, say it’s only a matter of time before Pennsylvania is added to the list. And once CWD gets here, it won’t disappear anytime soon. The prions that cause CWD can exist in the environment for many years, infecting any deer that comes into contact with them. They enter the environment via blood, urine, saliva and tissue of infected deer. The prions then live in the soil, waiting to infect the next deer that passes by. While the PGC board gave its executive director the ability to take a proactive approach with CWD, there are things we can do as well. Those hunting in states where CWD is present are prohibited from bringing back certain parts of deer elk or moose – such as brain and central nervous system tissue. The importation ban is something we should all take seriously and adhere to. When CWD appears in Pennsylvania as many expect it to, will it mean the end of deer hunting as we know it in those areas? Maybe. But right now the only comforting thing about CWD is the PGC is ready to act to minimize the impact and protect our deer herd against a deadly disease that can only be slowed, not stopped.

Tom Venesky covers the outdoors for The Times Leader. Reach him at tvenesky@timesleader.com

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WOMEN’S WORLD CUP

Penalty kicks put France in semis Top-ranked America faces test in Brazil

After regulation ends 1-1, France nips England 4-3 on kicks. Japan upsets Germany.

In bid to win first Cup since 1999, U.S. must defeat old rival in today’s quarterfinals.

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LEVERKUSEN, Germany — France edged England 4-3 on penalties in the Women’s World Cup quarterfinals when England captain Faye White missed the decisive kick on Saturday. White’s effort — after Eugenie Le Sommer tied the scores for France — hit the crossbar to send France through to a semifinal against Brazil or the United States on Wednesday. The game ended 1-1 after extra time. “It’s very beautiful. Life is great. We worked so hard for this,” said an emotional France coach Bruno Bini. “There’s a certain magic to football.” Elise Bussaglia equalized in the 88th minute following Jill Scott’s 59th-minute goal for England before 26,395 fans at Bay Arena. “Unfortunately, again, England get knocked out on penalties. How boring is that?” said England coach Hope Powell. Camille Abily, who took the first spot kick for France, had her effort saved by Karen Bardsley. But Bussaglia, Gaetane Thiney and Sonia Bompastor all scored. Le Sommer put all the pressure on White after England’s Claire Rafferty drew her shot wide to the right. “I’m proud (Faye) had the guts and the nerve to try and get England to a semifinal. She’s gutted, but that’s football,” Powell said. “It could have happened to anybody. Unfortunately, the game has to end some way.” Kelly Smith, Karen Carney and Casey Stoney converted England’s penalties. In a game dominated by France, Scott fired England into the lead against the run of play after Smith and Rachel Yankey combined to set her free. Scott cut inside to beat two defenders, looked up to see Celine Deville off her line and unleashed a dipping shot that gave the goal-

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Players on the French team celebrate after they defeated England on penalty kicks in their quarterfinal match at the Women’s Soccer World Cup in Leverkusen, Germany, on Saturday.

keeper — playing in place of the suspended Berangere Sapowicz — no chance. Bussaglia equalized when she curled a shot from the edge of the penalty area in off the left post. England shouldn’t have been surprised. Its three most recent matches with France since 2006 have all been draws. After 30 more minutes of extra time and a fateful penalty shootout, England’s bid for history was gone. England was trying to make its first semifinals, while attempting to overcome a poor record against France, which it hasn’t beaten in almost 37 years. “I thought we had a chance with penalties because we’ve been practicing them and Karen’s been saving all of them,” Powell said. “You have to give credit to France. They pressed and pressed and got the equalizer.” England attacked right from the kickoff when Smith rounded Deville only for her goalward shot to be cut out by Laura Georges. France recovered from its sha-

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er’s deflected free kick in the 2-1 loss to Sweden on Wednesday night. But the Americans don’t do losses. They usually go years without a single one — like the two year-plus unbeaten streak they had before being stunned by Mexico in regional qualifying. “It doesn’t matter if the U.S. has had some bad results in the last six months,” said Marta, Brazil’s dazzling playmaker. “It’s Brazil-U.S., a big game. It’s special.” Just like its men’s team, Brazil’s roster is loaded with spectacular players. Marta, the FIFA player of the year five times running, is so gifted with the ball it looks as if she’s got it on a string, creating goals out of thin air. Cristiane has scored twice so far, once on a penalty kick. Brazil’s unique 3-5-2 formation presents all kinds of challenges. For all their star power, the Brazilians have never won the title at a major tournament. They lost to the Americans in the last two Olympic finals, and were runnersup to Germany at the 2007 World Cup. Their track record against the Americans is less than impressive. The U.S. is 23-2-2 all-time against Brazil, with only one loss since January 1998. All but four of those matches since1998 were shutouts, and Brazil managed a grand total of eight goals. “Those defeats don’t matter,” Brazil coach Kleiton Lima said through a translator. “They rise up with this experience. They are much better in this moment.” Much has been made about the teams’ last meeting at the World Cup. Brazil’s 4-0 rout in the semifinals was the worst defeat in U.S. history and led to a meltdown worthy of a soap opera. Goalkeeper Hope Solo blasted then-coach Greg Ryan’s decision to bench her against Brazil despite three straight shutouts, and Ryan responded by kicking Solo off the team. Less than a month later, Ryan was essentially fired.

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NATIONAL FORECAST Mostly sunny

85° 54°

MONDAY Mostly sunny

80 60°

88° 68°

90° 63°

THURSDAY Sunny

WEDNESDAY Mostly sunny

FRIDAY

85° 60°

Syracuse 86/64

Poughkeepsie 85/62

Wilkes-Barre 87/64

Pottsville 87/65

New York City 85/71 Reading 91/67

Harrisburg 90/67

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Highs: 82-90. Lows: 64-74. Mostly sunny with light winds.

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Susquehanna Stage Chg. Fld. Stg Wilkes-Barre 2.48 -0.03 22.0 Towanda 1.43 -0.04 21.0 Lehigh Bethlehem 2.86 0.54 16.0 Delaware Port Jervis 5.25 0.47 18.0

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Highs: 82-87. Lows: 59-72. Partly to mostly sunny, increasing clouds to the north.

Highs: 88-90. Lows: 65-71. Mostly sunny and pleasant.

Philadelphia 89/72

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Highs: 83-90. Lows: 67-71. Sunny, warm, calm conditions.

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Status has different look in Silicon Valley By JESSICA GUYNN Los Angeles Times

PALO ALTO, Calif. — Aaron Patzer lives in a 600 square-foot, one-bedroom apartment in Palo Alto with an old couch and TV. His favorite shoes are hand-medown brown leather wingtips that, at 39, are older than he is. He gets $12 haircuts. He drove a 1996 Ford Contour until he ran it into the ground at 150,000 miles. His new ride is a Subaru Outback that he bought for $29,000. You’d never know the 30-year-old entrepreneur sold his Internet startup for $170 million in 2009 or that he is now a

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top executive at Intuit Inc., the financial software company. With a few notable exceptions, Silicon Valley’s rising young stars are rejecting the traditional symbols of status: fast cars, yachts, luxury homes. To make their mark, they’re putting their wealth into social causes and startup ventures. “Wealth needs a purpose greater than big houses and flashy cars,” said Patzer, founder of Mint.com, which helps people manage their money. It’s more about creating technology that millions will use than making millions of dollars, they say. Their aim is to

“Wealth needs a purpose greater than big houses and flashy cars.”

Aaron Patzer Intuit Inc. executive

Moskovitz could afford any home he wanted, but he chose an $800,000 condo in San Francisco. He bikes to work at his tiny startup, Asana, which is making social networking tools for businesses. He leaves his Volkswagen R32 hatchback in the garage. He says he flies coach, and he’s socking away money to fund his philanthropic foundation. Like Zuckerberg, he has pledged to give away his wealth during his lifetime. “Things can’t bring you happiness,”

keep up with Steve Jobs, not the Joneses. At 27, Dustin Moskovitz is the world’s youngest billionaire, according to Forbes. He was born eight days after his Harvard College roommate Mark Zuckerberg, with whom he founded Facebook. See SILICON, Page 3D

Tough times spur buying and selling

By PETER SVENSSON AP Technology Writer

NEW YORK — Are you a wireless data glutton or a nibbler? New Verizon Wireless customers will have to figure that out now that the country’s largest wireless carrier has rolled out data plans with monthly usage caps. Verizon said that under the plans, new smartphone users will pay between $30 and $80 each month for plans that include 2 to 10 gigabytes of data usage. Customers who use more than their allotment will be charged $10 more for each additional gigabyte. The company currently charges $30 a month for an unlimited smartphone data plan. This is well-trod ground — AT&T introduced capped data plans a year ago. T-Mobile USA changed its unlimited data plan in May. Although it doesn’t charge overage fees, the company slows the speed at which customers can send and receive data once they hit their allotted amount. The new Verizon plans will apply both to new customers and existing customers who are trading up to smartphones. The tricky thing about capped data plans is that few people have a clue how much a megabyte of data is, so they don’t know how much to sign up for. The phones themselves aren’t much help: Although they can tell you how much data you’ve consumed so far this month, they can’t tell you which of your smartphone’s myriad functions are responsible. By contrast, a minute spent talking on the phone is easy to understand, and many people have learned roughly how many minutes they use every month. For AT&T, the introduction of data caps has gone quite well, but some customers are complaining because their data usage reports are hard to decipher. AT&T says 90 percent of its customers on capped plans stay within the limits, but it won’t say how much those who go over end up paying, on average. Here’s some help determining which plan will work for you, even if you don’t know how many megabytes are in a gigabyte. • Less than 200 megabytes per month. See VERIZON, Page 3D

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Renea Emerich and her father Walter MacCorkle in their pawn shop called The Trading Post on South Main Street in Wilkes-Barre. Emerich took ownership of the business from her father last year.

PAWN SHOP REALITY By ANDREW M. SEDER

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WILKES-BARRE — Country music blares from a Panasonic stereo resting on a display shelf behind the counter at The Trading Post, the city’s only pawn shop. The musical genre has been ridiculed for depressing songs about people trying to make ends meet and doing what they can to get by. But it’s the perfect soundtrack for some of the store’s customers. Over the past four years, as the local and national economy have tanked and unemployment rates have remained high, businesses such as The Trading Post have seen increased business on the pawn and selling sides. People are trying to get extra cash for gas, to pay the bills and even to buy food for themselves and diapers for their children. Great grandmom’s china, the television set in the spare room, and stacks of DVDs, CDs and video games are finding their way into Renea Emerich’s South Main Street store. “A lot of people don’t want to get rid of their stuff, but they have to,” said

said people are really just looking to get a few bucks as a short-term loan and then return for their items in a few weeks or months. But in recent years, the selling, rather than pawning, aspect of the business has picked up. But as the economy has gotten a bit better, the store is now seeing elevated numbers of buyers looking for bargains. Pawning means you can take an item to the shop, say a Rolex watch, and ask for an amount of money less than what the shop can get if they sold your item. The customer would then have up to four months to bring the amount of money loaned, plus 3-percent interest per month, back to the shop and get the item back. After four months, the item becomes the property of the store and can be sold to anyone, including the original owner, at a price determined by the shop. Emerich said historically half of all items taken in by the shop have been pawned, the other half purchased. Since Emerich bought the store from

Frank Nemeth, one of the Trading Post’s employees. Emerich sees the pawn store as an alternative for people to make ends meet. “We’re here to help,” she said. While she has a business to operate, she said she often gets caught up in the stories people have to share about why they’re selling or pawning their cherished belongings, like dad’s retirement watch, engagement rings and wedding bands. “They all have stories. It’s very interesting because you just hear all kinds of stories. It’s sad in a way, too,” Emerich said. Often, in the pawn world, Emerich See PAWNING, Page 3D

Area steakhouses are offering prime, mouth-watering deals SOME AREA steakhouses are wooing select customers with awesome deals. The Lone Star Steakhouse, Kidder Street, WilkesBarre, is offering active and retired service men and women 20 percent discounts on Mondays and 10 percent discounts the other six days of the week. If you’re a biker, it may be worth your while to head to the Poconos. Texas Roadhouse, Route 611 in Bartonsville, holds Bike Night every Monday at 5 p.m. through the end of October. Show off your bike and enjoy $2 pulled pork sliders. Every week, the restaurant will pick the best bike of the night and give the winner a $30 dinner for two pass. Logan’s Roadhouse isn’t catering

ANDREW M. SEDER STEALS & DEALS to any one particular group with the offers found in the coupon circulars in today’s Times Leader. There’s $3 off a $10 purchase coupon, $5 off a $25 purchase coupon and a buy-one, get-one free entrée up to $15 coupon that’s valid July 25 and 26 only. So head on down to the Highland Park Boulevard location to take advantage of the offers. Arby’s isn’t quite a steakhouse but it does have Angus beef. Use this coupon today or tomorrow at your local Arby’s to get a free value menu item when you purchase anything from the menu. That includes other value menu items. Make sure you disinfect your hands before eating tasty sliders,

ribs and french fries. Head to Bath and Body Works before Thursday with this coupon for a free Signature collection travel size item with any purchase when you present this coupon at checkout:http:// f.chtah.com/i/34/528207786/ 20110614_coupon1.gif Blockbuster movies are a summertime tradition but with the high prices and America’s love of being able to pause a movie, renting and watching a flick at home is more and more attractive. Redbox, the movie rental kiosk chain, is making it even more affordable to get that movie this month. Every Wednesday, when you reserve a movie online through redbox.com, you will get 50 cents off your rental. Or, if you are a fan of Blockbuster Express kiosks, today and tomorrow only, use any of these promotional codes when renting a movie and get

the rental for free: 63CMEA3, 39MLBJ8, 83MDEB2, 73ZGDB7, 43EHJR5, 86KBDJ7, 63NCRP2, or 92VHAP2. There are hundreds of dollars worth of coupons in today’s Times Leader but three are must use ones. The front of the Price Chopper circular has three coupon doublers which allow you to make a $1 face value coupon worth $2. Pair them with any of the coupons you have in your collection or any of the ones found in today’s paper. There are plenty to choose from including the $1 off two Colgate toothpastes that are already on sale two for $5. With the coupon and the coupon doubler, you’ll get the two tubes for $3. Andrew M. Seder, a Times Leader staff writer, may be reached at 570-829-7269. If you know of any local steals or deals, send them to aseder@timesleader.com.

RON BARTIZEK BUSINESS LOCAL

Income split is more than ‘class warfare’

t’s getting tougher to live in the executive suite, at least if you’re in the financial services business. Last week the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. adopted a rule that would allow it to go after executives and directors of failed financial firms if they were found “negligent” and “substantially responsible” for the firm’s failure. Such a finding would allow FDIC to recover pay for the two years before it took over a failed institution. Predictably, the move drew howls of pain from the fattest cats on Wall Street. According to an article in The Washington Post, a coalition of large financial services trade groups called parts of the rule “fundamentally unjustifiable and counterproductive.” “Such a rule could encourage a revolving door of senior executives and directors seeking to avoid recoupment, a situation that would undermine, rather than promote, stability,” the group wrote. Based on a recent survey of CEO pay, I doubt that’s going to happen. A study commissioned by The New York Times found median pay among the leaders of the 200 largest U.S. companies rose 23 percent in 2010, to $10.8 million. At the top was Philippe P. Dauman of Viacom, who hauled in $84.5 million in salary, bonuses and equity options. The company said that was an exaggeration, though, since $30 million of it was a one-time signing bonus for renewing his employment contract. Did you notice that the bankers’ statement implied a total lack of commitment to their responsibilities to their company, shareholders or employees? Instead it suggests that top execs would jump ship at the merest hint that some of their booty might be seized, leaving the cleanup work to others. Among the hoi polloi whose employment is guaranteed only by their dependability and competence, raises have been more modest; according to the Hay Group, a Philadelphia consulting firm, average workers got about one-half percent last year. And that probably doesn’t take into account that for many their contributions toward health insurance premiums and other benefits rose for many. Raising this issue invariably draws howls of protest from the right, who hyperbolically call it class warfare. Perhaps that’s true in a sense, as some of those who labor faithfully on the shop floor resent a top-heavy pay structure. It would be equally correct to view it from the other direction; are those who grant themselves and their cronies huge pay packages while cutting the workforce and holding down blue-collar salaries waging war on the regular fellows and gals below? While there may be social, ethical or moral concerns about vast income inequality, there’s a much more practical side to the argument; the economy cannot be consistently robust unless the majority of people feel secure about their present and future circumstances. No matter how much they are paid, the wealthy simply can’t buy enough goods and services to sustain growth. But millions of families buying homes and cars, taking vacations, and saving for their children’s college education can. There is no shortage of ideas for correcting this situation, from a valueadded tax that falls heaviest on those who spend the most, to a restructuring of income tax rates that returns progressivity to historic levels (and asks upper middle earners to kick in more, too). The problem is that enough Washington legislators – of both parties – are in the in crowd that they’re unlikely to make the dramatic changes that are needed. Until we, the people, decide to change that, we’re likely to muddle on our present mediocre path indefinitely.

Ron Bartizek, Times Leader business editor, may be reached at rbartizek@timesleader.com or 570-970-7157.

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Christine Jensen was recently hired as the administrator for the Wilkes-Barre office, responsible for directing and coordinating the Wilkes-Barre CareerLink in alignment with the state Workforce Investment Board’s strategic plan, the local Workforce InvestJensen ment Board plan and the Pennsylvania CareerLink Site Plan. Jensen holds a bachelor’s degree from the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., and a professional certification as a senior professional in human resources from the Society for Human Resource Management.

KING’S COLLEGE

Joseph Evan, Kingston, was recently appointed associate vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty at the college. He is responsible for the recruitment and hiring of new faculty and will coordinate the tenure process for Evan current faculty members. Evan has been a member of the college’s faculty since 2000. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from King’s and both doctorate and master’s degrees in mathematics from the State University of New York at Binghamton.

AAA MID-ATLANTIC

Mindy Reott recently joined the company’s Wilkes-Barre office as an insurance counselor. She is a Pennsylvania licensed property & casualty insurance agent with over 18 years of experience. She specializes in personal lines including automotive, home and umbrella insurance.

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The university recently announced several staff appointments. Joseph H. Dreisbach, Clarks Summit, is the associate provost for academic affairs. His responsibilities include chairing the committees on faculty development and faculty research, as well as coordinating faculty hiring and

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MIAMI — For the companies that hang their profits on savvy cases for smartphones and tablets, staying ahead of the competition means betting millions of dollars on which mobile devices will be hot — and which will flop. Makers of accessories for mobile gadgets are in a fight for a piece of an industry that’s expected to rake in $34 billion this year. Some products, like cases, have a low barrier to entry: Come up with a design, have someone in China build it, and sell it at a street fair. The difficulty lies in standing out enough to make the investment worthwhile — and knowing which phones are worth accessorizing. “There are so many people flooding in here,” said Michael Morgan, senior analyst of mobile devices at ABI Research. “The case market has exploded.” Among those angling for a share of the market is Sunrise, Fla.-based A. G. Findings and Manufacturing, or AGF, which makes protective cases for phones and tablets. Through partnerships with carriers, its office houses dozens of smartphone models that have yet to be released — something most tech rumor bloggers would love to get their hands on. When today’s big seller is outdated tomorrow, the team is in an eternal race to get product in stores before every major smartphone launch. Being late by just a few weeks can mean losing 70 percent of sales to a competitor. A company like AGF has to find a niche, and it has: by throwing phones off buildings — and having them land in one piece. Its Ballistic brand, a bulky, multi-layered shock-resistant case, is what put AGF at an annual revenue today of $15 million — a figure that represents doubled revenues each year for the past three years, it says. Its primary competition is OtterBox — another maker of cases that can protect a phone from fa-

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tal drops, and which has a more recognized brand in more stores. Both have a price tag around $50, but AGF is selling it for less to retailers to scoop up more shelf space. “We’re willing to make less profit than they are,” said Fernando Tages, AGF’s chief operating officer. “Now that we’ve entered, I’m sure that they’ll need to be competitive with us, and they’ll need to drop their prices as well.” Since its start in 1993, AGF’s produce line has morphed with technology. Originally it made holsters and belt clips for beepers — remember those? — as well as generic leather sewn cases that fit multiple phone models. But today’s flat, largescreen smartphones require far more engineering to get a perfect, snug fit. Making a case takes eight to 12 weeks, and getting it out the same day as launch is a challenge when a company like Apple keeps phone details a secret until the last moment. When AGF was given the shape of the rumored iPhone 4

from an unknown source, executives had to make a quick decision. Did Apple really make a boxy iPhone 4? Or could it be a decoy to fool the media? If they were to launch a case in time, they would need to trust the information. Not every gamble has worked. The flop of the Google Nexus line cost the firm a couple million dollars in unwanted inventory. More than $5 billion likely will be spent on smartphone cases this year, Morgan said — a 53 percent increase from last year. Consumers will spend an estimated $820 million on tablet cases — most of that for Apple’s iPad. With the top-market smartphones priced around $200 and tablets starting at around $400, consumers see a bigger need to protect their large-screen investments from accidental drops — and they can now do it in style. “Before the iPhone, cases were made, big deal, so what,” Morgan said. “After the iPhone, cases were pretty and everyone wants one.”

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For those with feature phones who want a taste of the Web, Verizon is offering a plan with 75 megabytes per month plan for $10 per month. But any plan with less than 200 megabytes per month should be considered mainly a tease. Email, automatic software updates and other data consumption in the background will easily eat up 75 megabytes in a month. That could leave you paying $10 or more in overuse fees — more than you would if you had chosen a more expensive plan to begin with. This plan sounds like Verizon’s way of luring people to smartphones. Pick something like this, and pretty soon, you’ll find you need a higher data cap. • 200 megabytes per month. This is a popular size, offered by both AT&T ($15 per month) and T-Mobile ($10), but Verizon won’t be offering it. When it introduced this plan, AT&T said 65 percent of its subscribers consumed less than 200 megabytes. But that was a year ago. The average monthly data consumption

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her father Walter MacCorkle last year, her ability to pawn is on hold until the Department of Revenue approves the corporation ownership transfer; the department of state approves the change of address request once one is made; and the department of banking issues her pawnbroker’s license. She hasn’t lost much business while the state process inches along. Most people looking to pawn an item just end up selling it instead, she said. “They’re desperate,” she added. “You hear a lot of ‘I need diapers,’ or ‘my electricity is about to get shut off.’ ” MacCorkle, who still puts in many hours a week helping his daughter, said the public percep-

for a smartphone user back then was 230 megabytes per month, according to an analysis of phone bills by The Nielsen Co. In the first quarter of this year, the figure had grown to 435 megabytes per month. Cisco Systems Inc. has lower estimates than Nielsen: 153 megabytes per month last year and 245 megabytes this year. In any case, the message is clear: a plan that was big enough last year may not be big enough this year. Subscribers seem to be discovering more fun and data-consuming things to do on their phones. It’s still possible to get by on 200 megabytes per month. If you’re a light user, stay away from heavy-usage applications such as online music streaming and Netflix video. Use Wi-Fi rather than the phone’s cellular network as much as possible. Wi-Fi usage doesn’t count toward your data limit. • 2 gigabytes per month. This is AT&T’s “standard” plan, for which it charges $25 per month. T-Mobile charges $20, and Verizon will charge $30. This will be enough for most people: Verizon said Tuesday that 95 percent of existing customers use less than this amount each month. And AT&T said last year

that the plan would satisfy 98 percent of its smartphone users (that figure is undoubtedly lower today). If you like to stream online music or videoconference for hours on end, or watch Netflix movies, you’ll blow past it. • 5 gigabytes per month. Verizon will charge $50 for this tier, while T-Mobile charges $30. This would be for those who spend a lot of time on their phones. Laptop cards generally come with this data limit. • 10 gigabytes per month. Those who intend to use a ton of data may gravitate to this plan, for which T-Mobile charges $60 and Verizon will be charging $80. While unnecessary for most smartphone users, this type of plan will give you plenty of data for streaming videos and music, uploading photos and surfing the Web. What if you don’t want to bother with any of this? Sprint Nextel Corp. offers unlimited data, seeing it as a crucial way to keep and attract customers who are tempted by an iPhone at Verizon or AT&T. However, offering an all-youcan-eat data buffet gets expensive. Sprint raised the fees for all its smartphones by $10 per month this winter to $30.

tion of a pawn shop has changed over time. The Trading Post is nothing like the dark, dingy, seedy pawn shops you’d see in an old black and white movie on AMC. Guitars hang from the walls, bright glass display cases filled with watches, jewelry and electronics extend from the back of the 1,800-square-foot showroom to the front. You won’t find many items you might expect to see in the shop’s display cases. No weapons of any kind — guns, knives, swords, daggers — no baseball cards, comic books, albums, paintings, coins or pinball machines. These items turn up often on reality television shows that have given millions of viewers a skewed glimpse inside the pawn business. Emerich said she can’t say those shows, including the History Channel’s “Pawn Stars,” TLC’s

“Pawn Queens” and TruTV’s “Hardcore Pawn,” have generated a large influx of new business. But she believes the publicity hasn’t hurt. Those shows, while they’ve brought pawn shops into the popular culture, are not necessarily the truest representation of what goes on in a typical shop. Historic documents, rare signed first edition books and paintings by Picasso are not coming through the Trading Post’s door. But plenty of Nintendo Wiis, digital cameras, air conditioners and power tools do come in, some to be sold to the shop and others bought by bargain hunters. The thing Emerich has taken notice of is the generational differences in customers. She said many are younger, between 18 and 25, and older than 55. The elderly are selling; the young are buying.

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Moskovitz said. “I have pictured myself owning expensive things and easily came to the conclusion that I would not have a materially more meaningful life because of them.” Zuckerberg is another billionaire living below his means. For years, he crashed in a tiny apartment with a mattress on the floor and dial-up Internet access. He recently bought his first house in Palo Alto for $7 million, a fraction of what he could afford. Zuckerberg, who has listed “minimalism” and “eliminating desire” as interests on his Facebook profile, drives an Acura. His one major outlay: Last year he donated $100 million to help improve public schools in Newark, N.J., among the country’s worstperforming school systems. Skeptics may wonder whether all this conspicuous self-denial is scripted. Tech titans know they score public relations points by showing a common touch — particularly in austere times. But the evidence suggests that it’s not an act, according to Alice Marwick, a researcher with Microsoft Corp. whose New York University doctoral dissertation in media studies was about social status among the Internet set. It’s not that this new generation of tech entrepreneurs doesn’t seek status, Marwick said. They just seek it in different ways. “This is not a community that values good looks, visible wealth or having a hot body. Those are not the ways that they distinguish high status from low status,” Marwick said. “Technology millionaires don’t hobnob with celebrities or buy a fancy car. They travel to Thailand, or they fund an incubator. These things are just as expensive, but that’s the classic hacker ethos that prizes the mind, not materials.” The hacker ethos is also classically male. “Being concerned with appearance, shopping for clothes and decorating your house are feminine values. Tech millionaires see that type of spending as silly and frivolous,” Marwick said.

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“This is not a community that values good looks, visible wealth or having a hot body. Those are not the ways that they distinguish high status from low status.” Alice Marwick Researcher with Microsoft Corp.

cautious, he said. Kevin Rose, founder of Digg, a service that helps users discover and share content from across the Web, appeared on the cover of BusinessWeek five years ago under the headline: “How This Kid Made $60 Million in 18 Months.” Rose said he didn’t end up making $60 million. That’s just what some estimated his shares were worth. Rose, 34, said he never bought into the hype, though he did buy a sports car (he won’t say what kind) before realizing that extravagant spending “leads nowhere.” He’s now working on a startup called Milk and investing in what he hopes will be the next generation of hot companies. He spends weekends watching sports and eating home-cooked meals in his San Francisco condo with his girlfriend and their dog. Rose is selling the sports car and now gets around in a Mini Cooper. “I know guys who have crazy boats and planes, and that’s maybe something you do when you retire. But I don’t want to retire,” Rose said. “I don’t feel like I have made it. Internally, I feel I have much to prove.”

Silicon Valley measures achievement by what entrepreneurs build, not what they buy. “You do not need to have an Aston Martin in the driveway,” said Drew Houston, the 28-year-old chief executive and co-founder of Dropbox, a San Francisco startup that helps its 25 million users worldwide store and share photos, videos and documents. “It’s more important to have the freedom and the independence to build something for a huge audience.” Wealth does have its privileges. Patzer may have a television that is so old it can’t stream Apple TV, a Christmas gift that sits unopened on the floor. But he did shell out $25,000 to spend a week celebrating his 30th birthday with friends aboard a catamaran yacht in the British Virgin Islands, and he’s paying for his younger brother to get a degree in computer science. One reason many tech prodigies avoid living large is that it takes time to adjust to a sudden increase in wealth, said Edward Wolff, an economics professor at New York University who studies income and wealth. The newly rich don’t know how long their good fortune will last, so they’re

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Q: My written termination notice misrepresents the reason that I no longer work for my former employer. It states that I failed to comply with the required start time of 8 a.m. This is not the whole story, so I want to provide the actual facts in my upcoming job interviews. The truth is that my 100-mile commute became a hardship when fog created dangerous driving conditions. My manager refused to consider telecommuting as an option, even though I had previously proved that I could perform my duties from home. The real problem was his assistant, who likes to be in control. She resented my good working relationship with him, so she convinced him that the work I produced from home was deficient. Because he relies on her heavily

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Small businesses looking to grow say they’re running into challenges when they seek financing: Loans are harder to secure, and sometimes are more expensive than before the recession. Lending is picking up around the country. But it hasn’t thawed enough to spark meaningful job growth, and business owners and advocates say that’s a drag on the economic recovery. Lenders say they want to do deals but that many businesses are hesitant to take on more debt. They acknowledge their standards are strict in the wake of a devastating financial crisis and tougher regulations. And some say they’re taking fewer risks. One recent study found just 30 percent of small businesses that wanted credit would qualify for traditional or Small Business

Administration-backed loans, with interest rates below 8 percent. Nearly half would have to turn to alternatives, such as unsecured credit, that can cost as much as 31 percent, according to the survey from MultiFunding, a Pennsylvania startup that helps businesses find the right lender. Small businesses power the economy, with firms smaller than 500 workers employing half the country’s private-sector workforce. Those businesses experience greater job losses when the economy sheds jobs, partly because of their dependence on the larger firms they serve. But when the economy gains jobs, small businesses tend to lead. Firms with fewer than 500 employees have seen gross employment rise an average of 8 percent since the recession ended, compared to 3 percent for larger companies, data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show. Fueling that job growth is es-

Small businesses power the economy, with firms smaller than 500 workers employing half the country’s private-sector workforce. pecially important these days, given the sense, among many, that the recovery is losing steam. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke warned last month that some of the problems slowing the U.S. economy, from a weak financial sector to a struggling housing market, could persist into next year. “Lending and access to capital is really the crucial element,” said Chuck Bamford, an entrepreneurship professor at Queens University of Charlotte, who predicts lending will gradually pick up in coming months. “The controlled approach means that we’re not going to roar out of this recession.” MultiFunding Chief Executive Ami Kassar said banks should be

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BOSTON — Complacency rarely pays. It’s a lesson many investors have learned the hard way so, heading into a summer when volatility is back in the market, they’ll be watching closely. Three months ago, everything seemed to be in place for another quarter of strong mutual fund returns. The economic recovery appeared to be on track and unemployment was edging downward. The stock market had risen for three consecutive quarters, and seven of the last eight, dating to the start of the bull market in March 2009. But momentum has shifted. Stock funds posted an average loss of 0.4 percent in the second quarter, according to fund tracker Lipper. That small decline came as the economic recovery began to stall. A spate of disappointing reports about manufacturing, hiring and housing sent economists scrambling to scale back their alreadymodest growth projections for the year. “I can see a choppy summer,” Lipper fund analyst Tom Roseen says. “Volatility is in the market now, and people are taking a little bit more defensive stance.” Highlights from Lipper’s second-quarter fund performance numbers: • Top sectors flip-flop: Some of the first quarter’s topperforming funds fell to the back of the pack. Natural resources funds that specialize in oil and mining stocks lost an average 5.6 percent in the second quarter, after gaining 14 percent in the first quarter. Those stocks tend to move more closely in sync with the economy than most, as their profits are linked to demand for commodities. Industrial funds are another group that enjoyed strong firstquarter performance (up nearly 7 percent) because the economy was growing at a steady clip. In the second quarter, those funds lost an average 1.7 percent. • Defensive funds win:

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MarketPulse SEARCHING FOR GOLD Want to know what investors are thinking? Just ask Google. What internet users search for seems to indicate that people are shying away from typical ways to build up a nest egg. Terms like “investing,” “stock investing” and “bonds” have fallen in popularity over the last seven years, according to technology firm ConvergEx Group. The trend coincides with lower mutual fund investing and lighter trading from retail investors since the financial crisis, says ConvergEx strategist Nicholas Colas. But if Google is any indicator, some investors are still looking for a way to get rich fast. Searches for “Facebook stock” are rising.

FARMVILLE FAT CATS Zynga employees who own stock in the company could soon find themselves suddenly wealthy. Good for them, but maybe not for the company. The highly-anticipated public offering of the maker of Facebook games “FarmVille” and “CityVille,” is expected soon and could raise $1 billion. But Zynga executives worry that those newly-minted millionaires could lose their startup mentality. In an unusual move, the company noted in a pre-IPO SEC filing that its best and brightest may no longer want to work once they’ve cashed in their stock. That new money could cause rifts in the workplace, too. “We expect that this offering will create disparities in wealth among our employees, which may harm our culture and relations among employees,” said the filing.

SURPRISES AHEAD Some companies shocked investors in the first quarter with earnings that blew past analyst expectations. Of the companies in the S&P 500 that have reported 1Q earnings, 70 percent beat analyst expectations, according to Capital IQ. The industries with the highest percentage of earnings surprises were materials, consumer discretionary, and healthcare. Strong earnings helped companies in the S&P 500 grow 19.3 percent in the first quarter. An earnings report that tops analyst expectations by even a little bit often pleases investors, but some companies beat forecasts by an order of magnitude, like International Paper, with EPS 1,750 percent higher than expected.

“Facebook stock” X

Google AdWords trends SEARCH TERM

LOCAL MONTHLY SEARCHES

Saving Bankruptcy Bonds Investing Federal Reserve Gold Coin Stock Investing Facebook Stock Treasuries Gold Investing Foreign Stock

6,120,000 3,350,000 3,350,000 823,000 673,000 368,000 60,500 49,500 40,500 18,100 12,100

Source: ConvergEx Group

S&P 500 companies with the biggest calculated EPS surprise EPS ACTUAL

FINAL EPS EST.

EPS SURPRISE

International Paper (IP)

$0.74

$0.04

Comerica (CMA)

$0.57

$0.04

CB Richard Ellis (CBG)

$0.13

$0.01

1,750% 1,325% 1,200%

Hartford Financial (HIG)

$1.16

$0.14

729%

Discover Financial (DFS)

$0.84

$0.11

Data as of July 1

664%

Source: Capital IQ

Francesca Levy, Kristen Girard • AP

Where to buy in Latin America It’s been a volatile year for stocks in Latin America. The MSCI Brazil index is down 3 percent this year, the MSCI Peru index is down 30 percent and the MSCI Mexico index is up less than 1 percent. Yet Heiner Skaliks, portfolio manager of the Strategic Latin America Fund (SLATX), says those countries still look attractive for investors.

InsiderQ&A

Where are you finding opportunities? We think Brazil, Peru and Mexico are oversold on the equity front.

Is that because they’ve gotten beaten up recently? Yes, beat up is an understatement. We’re country agnostic, we’re industry agnostic and we’re currency agnostic. It’s not like we have to be in Mexico and have 50 percent of our portfolio there. If it doesn’t make sense to be in Mexico, we won’t be in Mexico. Very simple; we’ll invest elsewhere. What’s critical about investing in Latin America is the currency exchange rate that’s in place. Mexico is one currency, Brazil’s another currency, Peru’s another currency, Chile’s another currency, Uruguay is another currency, Colombia is another currency. Right there, you already have six currencies that you have to keep an eye on.

Skaliks

Tell me about your top holdings. What stocks do you like? We tend to favor the indices in Brazil: EWZ (the iShares MSCI Brazil Index), which encompasses the entire country. And it’s not that we’re lazy and we don’t want to do our homework and get into the actual stock-picking, but EWZ is such a great vehicle to capture the entire potential that Brazil has. ... (In Peru), we specifically like BAP, which is Credicorp. Credicorp is the largest holding company in Peru. (It has) banking operations in Peru and Bolivia, so we know them very well. (Credicorp has) good management, good potential for growth. ... Following the same line in Peru, we also like BVN (Compañía de Minas Buenaventura). It’s one of the largest gold mining companies in the world (and one of the) largest silver companies. (It has) great operations, very efficient, very low cost operations. They’re in the process of exploration right now to expand their operations. (In the) first-quarter they had an 86 percent revenue increase year-over-year.

Yields fall on negative employment news

Bringing home the cash U.S. companies have more than $1 trillion in cash sitting overseas, and they’re lobbying for a tax break to bring it home. If they succeed, hundreds of billions of dollars could be headed for shareholders through buybacks and dividends. Companies currently pay up to 35 percent in income taxes on foreign profits they bring home. One proposal in Congress would cut the rate to 5.25 percent in hopes of spurring U.S. investment. Cisco, Pfizer and other big companies have lobbied for the “tax holiday” on repatriating overseas earnings. Congress tried this once, in

2004. Back then, companies returned $362 billion to the U.S. For every $1 brought back, up to 92 cents ended up with shareholders. That’s according to researchers from the University of Illinois, Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Most of the shareholders’ bounty came from buybacks, 79 cents of each $1. Companies were required to use repatriated dollars for hiring and other investments. They did so, but they then took the dollars previously allocated for investment and used them instead on buybacks. If Congress passes another holi-

day, expect even more cash to return. Foreign sales make up a bigger proportion of companies’ sales: about 47 percent for the S&P 500 last year, up from 39 percent in 2005. The last holiday helped some stocks more than others. PepsiCo, for example, brought back $7.5 billion in 2005, and it rose 13 percent. But while repatriated cash will support a stock, it can’t necessarily make it rise. DuPont brought back $9.1 billion in 2005, and it raised its dividend that year. But that didn’t mask the 3 percent drop in annual revenue it reported. DuPont’s stock fell 13 percent in 2005.

InterestRates

Money market mutual funds

PRIME FED Taxable—national avg RATE FUNDS Flex-funds Money Market/Retail FRIDAY 3.25 .13 Tax-exempt—national avg 6 MO AGO 3.25 .13 Alpine Municipal MMF/Investor 1 YR AGO 3.25 .13

FOREIGN CASH AS PCT. OF MARKET CAP

1-YR STOCK CHANGE

$94.0b 8.0

$202.1b 17.3

47% 46

$19.04 16.39

36.4% 59.6

1.3 1.7

COMPANY

TICKER

General Electric Alcoa

GE AA

Autoliv Merck & Co Abbott Laboratories

ALV MRK ABT

3.0 40.4 26.8

7.0 109.8 82.9

43 37 32

79.08 35.49 53.16

65.4 2.6 14.2

1.5 1.4 1.6

Amgen Pfizer DuPont

AMGN PFE DD

17.2 48.2 12.6

53.7 164.7 51.4

57.92 20.78 54.45

12.6 45.9 62.5

1.4 1.3 1.3

H.J. Heinz Western Union

HNZ WU

3.7 2.5

17.3 12.3

32 29 25 21 20

53.42 19.34

23.9 29.2

1.6 1.4

SOURCES: FactSet JPMorgan

COMPANY

Data through July 6

APD

Amer Water Works Amerigas Part LP

0.57

-0.18 -0.13

s s

t t

0.00 0.27

3.72 4.77

2.38 3.53

%CHG 1MO

%RTN 1YR 208.7

Exchange-Traded Funds NAME

TICKER

FRIDAY CLOSE

CHG WK

%CHG 1WK

ProShs Ultra Silver

AGQ

183.50

26.90

17.2

1.8

Dir Dly Gold Bull2x

NUGT

31.48

2.77

9.6

10.5

...

E-Tracs silver

USV

51.85

4.18

8.8

0.1

100.8

8.4

1.4

99.2

8.3

1.4

101.4

s 19.3 +46.35

2 14.4a

3.1

iShares Silver Trust

SLV

35.75

2.75

8.3

1.4

101.1

3 14.8

6.5

Direxion REst Bull3x

DRN

81.94

5.84

7.7

28.4

138.3

2.8

iPath Beta Sugar

SGAR

62.43

4.47

7.7

23.6

...

2.1

Global X Gold ETF

GLDX

16.30

1.16

7.7

6.5

...

DB Gold DoubLong

DGP

49.23

3.43

7.5

1.3

54.4

0.4

GlobalX SilverMiners

SIL

25.05

1.74

7.5

8.4

74.0

2.0

Mkt Vect JrGoldMin

GDXJ

36.42

2.51

7.4

4.4

49.7

3 -11.9

1.9

s 41.4 +67.33

9.4

0.1

ProShs Ultra Gold

UGL

81.21

5.59

7.4

1.1

53.4

9.6 +30.90

5.4

1.3

Fact GoldBullSPBear

FSG

26.67

1.79

7.2

-10.1

...

0.9

4.4 +34.49

2 12.1

2.7

JPM FstTr LgCap ETN

JFT

38.35

2.55

7.1

6.1

44.7

-0.9

s 16.6 +45.31

4.5

1.8

ProShs Ult Mexico

UMX

41.96

2.66

6.8

12.9

77.5

DB Agr DoubLong

DAG

13.33

0.84

6.7

-10.8

89.0

iPath Bata S&P GSCI

SBV

46.39

2.88

6.6

3.4

...

Barc iPath Sugar

SGG

97.48

5.86

6.4

18.8

108.1

30.16 45.68

Aqua America Inc

WTR

17.63 8

23.79

22.49

0.12

0.5

0.0 +23.79

2.2

Arch Dan Mid

ADM

25.58 5

38.02

31.04

0.21

0.7

3.2 +18.53

-4.8

AutoZone Inc

AZO

192.65 0 299.60 298.28

0.66

0.2

9.4 +50.57

2 28.2

Bank of America

BAC

10.40 1

15.72

10.70

-0.39

-3.5

t -19.8—27.73 5 -19.4

Bk of NY Mellon

23.78 3

32.50

25.80

-0.26

-1.0

t -14.6

-1.9

Bon Ton Store

BONT

6.08 4

17.49

10.63

0.82

8.4

t -16.0 +18.93

CIGNA Corp

29.83 0

52.50

51.85

-0.35

-0.7

CVS Caremark Corp

CVS

26.84 9

39.50

38.10

0.13

0.3

CocaCola

50.02 0

68.89

68.68

0.59

Comcast Corp A

CMCSA 16.76 9

27.16

25.51

-0.22

0.06

0.2

-0.05

-0.1

6.7 +44.17 -6.4 +12.92

+.92

Community Bk Sys

CBU

21.76 5

28.95

24.97

-0.17

-0.7

s -10.1 +9.92

7.8

3.8

Community Hlth Sys

CYH

22.33 3

42.50

26.38

0.18

0.7

t -29.4—20.08 5

-6.4

...

Entercom Comm

ETM

4.97 5

13.63

8.93

-0.29

-3.1

t -22.9 +1.02

4 -14.5

Fairchild Semicond

FCS

7.71 8

21.02

17.46

0.08

0.5

11.9 +97.51

0.7

Frontier Comm

FTR

Genpact Ltd

Harte Hanks Inc

...

6.99 5

9.84

8.20

0.00

0.0

s -15.7 +19.33

-0.1

9.1

13.09 9

18.71

17.67

0.28

1.6

s 16.3 +15.41

3 7.8a

1.0

HHS

7.59 2

13.74

8.39

-0.05

-0.6

t -34.3—20.26 5 -17.4

3.8

Heinz

HNZ

43.16 9

55.00

53.47

-0.14

-0.3

8.1 +22.94

8.3

3.6

Hershey Company

HSY

45.31 0

58.20

57.78

0.37

0.6

s 22.5 +17.19

2.8

2.4

Kraft Foods

KFT

27.85 0

36.02

35.71

0.24

0.7

s 13.3 +27.01

6.5

3.2

Lowes Cos

LOW

19.35 6

27.45

23.61

-0.21

-0.9

-5.9 +18.88

-2.7

2.4

M&T Bank

MTB

72.03 7

95.00

87.56

-1.47

-1.7

0.6 +1.96

-2.9

3.2

What about Mexico? What companies do you like there? Cemex (CX), the cement company, is our top holding right now. We like Cemex for several reasons. One of them is that it’s the cement-in-aggregate business. If you’re going to build Latin America, from a philosophical perspective, you can use words and ideas. But, at the end of the day, you need cement (to build it up). ... There’s a lack of infrastructure and housing in Latin America, and Cemex has a very strong presence in Central America. They’re based in Mexico (and) they were awarded part of the expansion of the Panama Canal.

McDonalds Corp

MCD

65.63 0

86.29

85.60

-0.05

-0.1

11.5 +27.47

3 23.5

2.9

NBT Bncp

NBTB

19.27 6

24.98

22.69

0.20

0.9

-6.0 +10.44

3.7

3.5

What parts of Latin America are you staying away from? We have a very opportunistic approach; we don’t discard anything until we do an analysis. Does it make sense to invest in this country right now? Are we going to get the bang for our buck that we’re looking for? If we don’t feel comfortable with the political scenario, we’ll stay away from it. If we don’t like the social conditions there, either because of political unrest or social unrest, if we don’t like the economic fundamentals, if we don’t like the financials, then we’ll stay away from it. There are several countries in South America that we don’t invest in. Some of them, like Uruguay, for example, it’s because there’s no availability of securities. Or because it’s too expensive...Then you have Bolivia. We’re based in Bolivia, yet we don’t have any investments in Bolivia, because the (interest) rates in Bolivia are lower than they are in the U.S. So we’re scratching our heads and saying: Where does it make more sense to invest, in the U.S. or Bolivia?

Nexstar Bdcstg Grp

NXST

3.64 9

9.26

8.56

0.13

1.5

r 42.9 +77.07

1 14.8

...

PNC Financial

PNC

49.43 7

65.19

59.83

-1.06

-1.7

-1.5 -1.08

-0.5

2.3

PPL Corp

PPL

24.10 0

28.38

28.02

0.00

0.0

6.5 +12.55

1.1

5.0

Penn Millers Hldg

PMIC

11.98 8

17.72

16.56

-0.05

-0.3

s 25.2 +26.61

...

Penna REIT

PEI

10.03 9

17.34

16.39

0.60

3.8

s 12.8 +48.25

2 -10.1

...

3.7

PepsiCo

PEP

60.95 9

71.89

69.93

-0.26

-0.4

5.3

2.9

Philip Morris Intl

46.34 0

71.75

69.41

2.66

4.0

s 18.6 +48.27

2 12.5a

3.7

Procter & Gamble

58.92 7

67.72

64.93

0.66

1.0

0.9 +7.99

5.3

3.2

Prudential Fncl

PRU

48.56 9

67.52

64.38

-0.39

-0.6

9.7 +16.79

-2.3

1.8

SLM Corp

SLM

10.23 0

17.11

16.70

-0.28

-1.6

s 32.6 +50.81

2 -19.7

2.4

SLM Corp flt pfB

SLMpB 32.41 9

60.00

56.13

-0.97

-1.7

s 28.1

0.0

...

8.2

Southn Union Co

SUG

21.23 0

42.46

42.15

1.78

4.4

s 75.1 +89.58

11.4

1.4

TJX Cos

TJX

39.56 0

55.80

55.16

1.99

3.7

s 24.3 +34.36

2 19.4

1.4

UGI Corp

UGI

25.30 9

33.53

32.36

-0.11

-0.3

2.5 +24.89

8.2

3.2

Verizon Comm

25.99 9

38.95

37.48

0.17

0.5

4.8 +47.24

9.4

5.2

WalMart Strs

WMT

48.16 7

57.90

54.08

0.57

1.1

0.3 +12.68

5.2

2.7

Weis Mkts

WMK

32.74 0

42.20

41.75

0.69

1.7

3.5 +26.06

3.6

2.8

7.0 +12.32

...

Notes on data: Total returns, shown for periods 1-year or greater, include dividend income and change in market price. Three-year and five-year returns annualized. Ellipses indicate data not available. Price-earnings ratio unavailable for closed-end funds and companies with net losses over prior four quarters. Rank classifies a stock’s performance relative to all U.S.-listed shares, from top 20 percent (far-left box) to bottom 20 percent (far-right box).

Drinking in the profits

SOURCE: Credit Suisse; FactSet

10-year T-Note 3.01 30-year T-Bond 4.27 Money fund data provided by iMoneyNet Inc.

2.79

51.50

ture companies that make water meters, produce water treatment chemicals or make pipelines. These stocks can be riskier than traditional water utilities, whose profits tend to be more stable. But few water utilities trade in the United States. Publicly traded ones are more common in Europe. These infrastructure companies would also benefit from an anticipated pickup in water-related projects. Credit Suisse expects higher spending partic$56.09 69.46 48.32 67.58 64.56

0.15 0.05 0.31 1.02

4.95

30.70

$35.24 43.21 35.09 46.17 43.27

0.16 0.34 0.20 0.83 2.39

36.45

20.04 0

$55.05 66.42 45.89 49.22 58.15

-0.13 -0.15 -0.12 -0.23 -0.23

64.19

41.02 5

DHR ASH URS ITRI EMR

t t t t t

SIVR

APU

Danaher Ashland URS Itron Emerson Electric

t t t t r

52-WK HIGH LOW

DBS

AWK

52-WK HIGH

0.00 -0.03 -0.03 -0.10 -0.23

CHANGE 1MO 3MO 1YR

2.35 4.24 3.47 4.86 6.61 1.35

ETFS Silver Trust

52-WK LOW

0.01 0.17 0.06 0.37 1.56

3.29 5.31 4.25 5.95 9.17 2.46

PwShs Silver Fund

1WK

t 0.02 t 0.36 t -0.43 t 0.10 s -1.92 t 0.04

2.4

0.6

TICKER

FRIDAY YIELD

s s s t s s

52-WK HIGH LOW

97.02

COMPANY

CHANGE 1MO 3MO 1YR

11.0

98.01

Why not invest in a company with a product whose demand is guaranteed? That’s why analysts are optimistic about waterrelated stocks. Demand for clean water is growing daily with the world’s population. Supplies, meanwhile, are under stress. Enter companies that help to clean, move and monitor water. This screen shows U.S. stocks that Credit Suisse says can take advantage of water demand over the long term. They are mostly infrastruc-

0.03 -0.07 -0.03 -0.02 -0.15 -0.07

3-month T-Bill 1-year T-Bill 6-month T-Bill 2-year T-Note 5-year T-Note

Stan Choe Kristen Girard • AP

65.09 0

Stock Screener

0.01 0.16 $ 2,500 min (888) 785-5578

2.86 5.07 3.80 5.24 7.17 1.90

TREASURYS

52-WK RANGE FRIDAY $CHG %CHG %CHG %RTN RANK %RTN LOW HIGH CLOSE 1WK 1WK 1MO 1QTR YTD 1YR 1YR 5YRS* PE YLD

TICKER

Air Products

*1=buy; 2=hold; 3=sell

LocalStocks

0.01 0.11 $ 2,500 min (800) 325-3539

1WK

Broad market Lehman Triple-A corporate Moody’s Corp. Inv. Grade Lehman Municipal Bond Buyer U.S. high yield Barclays Treasury Barclays

AVG. BROKER RATING*

MARKET CAP

MIN INVEST PHONE

YIELD

FRIDAY YIELD

U.S. BOND INDEXES

Stocks that could benefit from a repatriation tax holiday CASH HELD ABROAD

The 10-year Treasury’s yield sank to 3.02 percent last week. Most of the drop came on Friday, after a report that the U.S. added the smallest number of jobs in nine months sent stocks tumbling. Spooked investors sought the relative safety of Treasurys, whose yields fall when prices rise. But the average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage rose last week to 4.60 percent from 4.51 percent.

1-YEAR STOCK CHANGE

47.9% 45.4 16.7 -20.7 29.0

Data through July 7

AVG. BROKER RATING*

1.3 1.3 1.5 1.5 1.6 *1=buy;2=hold;3=sell

E-Tracs IndMet

UBM

25.12

1.46

6.2

4.5

34.5

DB Cmdty DblLg

DYY

10.78

0.62

6.1

-7.6

66.3

iShs Far East Fin

FEFN

25.45

1.43

6.0

7.0

15.6

iShs Thailand

THD

67.51

3.74

5.9

7.8

43.4

EG Basic Matls GEMS

LGEM

21.59

1.20

5.9

9.9

...

ProShs Ultra Cmdty

UCD

34.81

1.93

5.9

-5.3

60.8

Direx LatAm Bear 3x

LHB

15.74

0.86

5.8

-14.2

-57.6

ProShs UltraPro QQQ

TQQQ

91.02

4.98

5.8

25.9

14.7

US Brent Oil Fd

BNO

78.67

4.24

5.7

-0.2

57.5

Direx 30YTrBull 3x

TMF

37.13

1.99

5.7

-4.8

-15.7

US Heating Oil Fd LP

UHN

35.20

1.90

5.7

-1.5

43.6

B2B Internet HldTr

BHH

1.31

0.07

5.6

20.2

98.5

E-Tracs S&P500Gold

SPGH

44.07

2.30

5.5

6.2

64.1

ETFS White Metals

WITE

59.95

3.09

5.4

-1.3

...

Barc iPath PrecMet

JJP

90.01

4.51

5.3

1.1

44.7

db-X EafeCurHedgEqty

DBEF

26.22

1.31

5.3

3.2

...

FstTr Europe

FEP

29.85

1.47

5.2

0.5

...

ProShs UltSht Brazil

BZQ

15.55

0.77

5.2

-4.0

-38.1

ETFS Phys Prec Metal

GLTR

97.82

4.88

5.2

0.3

...

Russell2000 LowBeta

SLBT

51.95

2.55

5.2

6.5

...

Teucrium Corn Fund

CORN

43.14

2.00

4.9

-10.0

57.5

iPath Beta Softs

GRWN

52.13

2.45

4.9

7.0

...

Direxion TechBull 3x

TYH

48.28

2.24

4.9

22.4

75.6

FaithSh MethodistVal

FMV

31.57

1.44

4.8

0.7

29.1

ProShs UltSht Europe

EPV

44.37

2.05

4.8

-6.1

87.8 38.2

PwShs Precious Metal

DBP

56.93

2.62

4.8

0.8

Global X 30 Canada

TSXV

14.60

0.66

4.7

7.9

...

ProSh Ultr Sh Chi 25

FXP

27.68

1.25

4.7

-4.2

-30.0

Direxion SCapBull 3x

TNA

89.44

4.01

4.7

30.3

149.2

Mkt Vect Gold Miners

GDX

56.29

2.55

4.7

5.4

13.3

Direx Agbiz Bull3x

COWL

43.84

1.96

4.7

12.0

...

ularly by China. The World Bank says China’s economy, already one of the world’s fastest growing, would be growing even more quickly if it weren’t for water shortages. Credit Suisse’s top pick among the group is Ashland, which makes water treatment and other kinds of chemicals. Its water division has become a more important part of the company. It provided 20 percent of Ashland’s total revenue in 2010, up from 11 percent in 2008. P/E RATIO

(based on last 12 mos.)

20 13 14 19 19

WHAT IT DOES WITH WATER

Water quality testing Water treatment chemicals Water system construction Water meters Water valves, pumps

p p p p

Dow industrials

+0.6%

WEEKLY

Nasdaq

+1.6% WEEKLY

LARGE-CAP

S&P 500

+0.3%

WEEKLY

SMALL-CAP

Russell 2000

+1.5%

WEEKLY

p p p p p p p p

+5.9%

MO +9.3%

YTD +8.2%

MO +7.8%

YTD +5.7%

MO +6.9%

YTD

+9.4%

MO +8.8%

YTD

CMYK ➛

SUNDAY, JULY 10, 2011

SPECIALTY FUNDS

YTD

Conservative Allocation (CA) 4.84 Moderate Allocation (MA) 5.61 Health (SH) 16.95 Natural Resources (SN) 3.57 Real Estate (SR) 14.02 Technology (ST) 6.89

PERCENT RETURN 1YR 3YR* 14.01 19.32 33.85 35.85 35.42 33.41

5.49 4.80 8.96 -1.75 5.60 10.01

5YR* 4.54 4.21 7.03 6.91 2.17 8.56

BALANCED Target-Date 2000-2010 (TA) Target-Date 2011-2015 (TD) Target-Date 2016-2020 (TE)

4.81 5.43 5.46

15.23 18.16 18.85

4.64 3.96 4.18

4.60 4.37 4.04

INTERNATIONAL Divers. Emerging Mkt. (EM) Europe Stock (ES) Foreign Small/Mid Val (FA) Foreign Large Blend (FB) Foreign Large Growth (FG) Foreign Small/Mid Gr. (FR) Foreign Large Value (FV) World Allocation (IH) World Stock (WS)

0.78 6.21 4.83 4.39 4.81 4.39 4.83 4.63 5.65

23.97 27.29 29.91 24.16 26.70 31.50 22.81 19.48 26.00

4.09 -1.19 4.33 -0.57 1.17 4.32 -1.05 3.73 2.89

9.69 2.09 3.97 1.71 3.51 4.31 0.94 5.07 3.50

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52-WEEK HI LOW

WK NAV CHG

21.65 16.08 20.82

...

14.44 10.76 14.18 +.03 23.01 16.12 16.21 36.82 31.94

22.71 15.86 15.64 36.05 31.30

+.19 +.13 +.02 +.54 +.47

10.05 10.00 10.01

...

16.02 15.00 13.00 81.41 8.58 8.61 40.28 3.69 16.42 11.06 14.78 15.06 27.62 28.91 11.09 10.12 10.12 7.15 19.24 13.16 13.09 13.07

16.38 11.46 10.83 24.61 21.29

12.94 12.14 9.16 58.57 8.24 8.27 29.36 2.71 12.62 10.63 11.45 11.69 19.68 20.60 10.14 9.39 9.33 4.25 13.41 10.02 9.71 9.69

15.97 14.97 12.95 77.83 8.46 8.49 40.08 3.67 15.70 10.94 13.81 14.09 27.08 28.37 10.63 9.81 9.78 7.10 18.60 12.78 12.70 12.67

+.08 +.08 +.14 +.77 +.06 +.06 +.57 +.01 -.11 +.08 -.29 -.29 +.29 +.30 ... +.01 +.01 +.09 +.02 -.02 ... ...

12.40 9.41 12.13 -.02 12.44 9.44 12.18 -.01 12.42 9.43 12.16 -.01 22.38 17.23 21.22 -.17 31.65 23.14 31.40 +.33 30.29 22.14 30.01 +.31 5.14 3.92 4.81 27.18 20.20 25.81 10.06 10.03 10.04

-.02 -.12 ...

26.22 20.11 25.97 +.12 34.50 26.48 34.10 +.02 13.01 18.52 18.33 20.86 20.02 21.35

11.23 14.22 13.94 16.03 15.40 14.82

12.76 +.02 17.57 -.25 17.37 -.25 20.35 -.05 19.50 -.05 20.85 +.16

16.43 11.56 11.16 9.64 22.97 7.66 7.66 7.66 31.42 11.10 27.26 11.50 27.66 28.11 22.99 23.65 11.39 26.22 26.19 12.40 12.45 15.24 11.78 12.19 12.40 5.95 13.49 10.54 12.93 9.09 13.01 11.58 12.34 21.39 42.28 9.89 9.59 9.63 8.20 8.17 6.95 6.94 25.15 6.14 18.59

13.70 10.73 10.61 7.02 17.11 6.22 6.22 6.22 21.19 10.72 18.88 10.96 20.20 20.53 14.84 15.23 10.63 19.77 19.75 11.52 11.56 13.40 8.31 9.02 10.27 4.59 10.44 7.87 9.45 7.00 10.12 10.03 10.08 14.57 29.80 9.71 6.99 7.02 6.34 6.33 5.65 5.64 17.84 4.80 12.38

16.39 11.22 10.91 9.30 22.82 7.54 7.54 7.54 31.30 11.04 23.67 11.28 27.49 27.94 22.86 23.52 11.05 26.00 25.97 12.31 12.35 14.59 11.33 11.69 12.37 5.80 13.15 10.47 12.85 8.87 12.94 11.54 12.26 21.32 42.08 9.80 9.35 9.39 8.15 8.12 6.89 6.89 25.02 5.96 18.48

+.10 +.02 +.07 +.05 +.12 +.01 +.01 +.01 +.55 +.02 +1.02 +.06 +.27 +.28 +.32 +.34 ... +.11 +.10 +.11 +.12 -.08 +.08 -.11 +.05 -.02 -.02 +.05 +.13 -.03 +.07 +.05 +.06 +.49 +.53 +.02 +.08 +.08 +.05 +.04 +.03 +.03 +.33 -.02 +.26

20.44 19.52 19.07 18.99 12.56 12.56 53.07 53.07 21.53 38.88 38.66 45.12 44.65 40.16 40.03 32.93 31.89 11.61 14.26 17.74 17.60 13.74 34.29 30.12 29.99 16.04 27.24 27.54 31.04 30.55 57.43 56.42 10.18 41.61 39.45 9.61 9.70 9.67 9.84 10.11 12.54 16.63 14.79 29.72 29.54

15.33 14.71 15.56 15.51 12.05 12.05 44.72 44.73 19.87 30.07 29.91 34.86 34.42 30.10 30.02 25.16 24.32 10.65 13.10 14.69 14.59 13.30 26.55 23.58 23.49 15.29 21.63 20.71 23.54 23.11 45.91 45.05 10.03 31.02 29.39 8.52 8.41 8.15 7.95 8.01 11.53 15.19 13.66 22.69 22.55

20.28 19.39 18.92 18.86 12.39 12.39 51.95 51.99 21.04 37.10 36.90 43.31 42.80 39.21 39.10 32.39 31.32 11.45 13.69 17.37 17.24 13.56 32.50 29.39 29.27 15.74 27.01 27.38 30.16 29.64 56.11 55.05 10.10 40.62 38.45 9.59 9.64 9.59 9.72 9.97 12.07 15.98 14.12 29.54 29.35

+.08 +.08 +.10 +.10 +.08 +.08 -.11 -.11 +.04 -.32 -.33 -.36 -.36 +.03 +.02 +.14 +.13 +.03 +.02 +.01 ... +.05 -.26 +.06 +.05 ... +.03 +.03 ... -.01 -.08 -.08 +.02 +.35 +.32 +.03 +.02 +.01 +.01 +.01 +.01 +.03 +.09 +.09 +.08

11.60 11.04 11.32 +.01 12.93 12.58 12.89 +.01 47.12 32.18 46.67 +.05 53.61 35.47 52.32 -.07 11.15 10.36 10.86 +.05 31.51 24.73 30.10 -.08 13.28 10.41 12.69 -.06 21.58 24.23 29.31 22.79 38.34 18.61

15.72 17.97 22.00 16.87 24.84 13.37

21.11 +.01 23.24 -.06 28.62 -.22 22.24 -.18 38.08 +.51 18.39 +.10

34.58 24.75 33.68 +.02 26.08 20.30 25.95 +.36 23.56 15.56 23.14 +.13 10.47 10.33 10.42 +.02 14.21 11.40 13.89 -.09 15.80 12.14 15.73 +.07 11.69 9.64 11.54 +.03 13.47 12.94 13.28 +.07 12.40 9.53 11.97 +.01 11.86 9.22 11.25 -.13 13.24 12.81 13.02 +.07 9.48 6.96 9.29 +.03 13.72 8.96 13.61 +.11 13.75 12.73 13.25 ...

YTD 5-YR FUND %RTN %RTN NtlShTM +1.3 +3.1 PAIntMu +3.8 +4.2 SmCpStkM +9.7 +3.0 Baird AggrInst +3.9 +6.2 CrPlBInst +4.4 +7.9 IntBdInst +3.9 +6.6 IntMunIns +3.8 +5.5 ShTmBdIns +1.9 +4.3 Barclays Global Inv LP2020R m +5.9 +3.8 Baron Asset b +10.8 +4.8 Growth b +12.5 +6.0 Partners b +7.0 +4.0 SmCap b +14.8 +7.3 Bernstein CAMuni +3.2 +4.4 DiversMui +3.1 +4.5 EmgMkts +.7 +9.0 IntDur +3.9 +7.0 IntlPort +.6 -3.3 NYMuni +3.1 +4.5 ShDurDivr +1.2 +2.8 ShDurPlu +1.0 +2.8 TxMIntl +.7 -3.4 Berwyn Income d +3.8 +8.8 BlackRock BasicValA m +5.4 +2.8 BasicValC m +4.9 +2.0 Engy&ResA m +4.2 +5.8 EqDivA m +8.5 +4.6 EqDivR b +8.3 +4.3 EquitDivC m +8.1 +3.8 GlbDynEqA m +4.3 +5.6 GlobAlcA m +4.4 +7.1 GlobAlcB m +4.0 +6.2 GlobAlcC m +4.0 +6.2 GlobAlcR m +4.3 +6.7 GovtInIvA m +2.1 +5.0 HiIncA m +5.4 +7.8 HiYldInvA m +5.0 +8.5 HthScOpA m +13.7 +10.2 InflPrBndA m +5.5 +7.0 InflPrBndC m +5.1 +6.2 IntlOppA m +4.8 +5.0 LCCrInvA m +14.4 +1.8 LCCrInvC m +13.9 +1.0 LatinAmA m -5.3 +15.9 LgCapValA m +12.0 +.7 MidCpValEqA m +8.3 +5.2 NatMuniA m +4.6 +4.0 NatResD m +5.7 +7.1 S&P500A b +7.7 +2.8 USOppInvC m +7.2 +8.2 USOppsIvA m +7.6 +9.0 ValOpptyA m +11.4 +2.7 Brandywine BlueFd +4.8 +.5 Brandywin +10.0 +1.3 Bridgeway UltSmCoMk d +7.4 +.7 Brown Advisory GrowEq d +9.7 +9.6 Brown Cap Mgmt SmCo Is d +16.5 +14.3 Buffalo MidCap d +8.8 +8.2 SmallCap d +7.3 +6.5 USAGlob d +8.2 +7.8 CG Capital Markets CrFixIn +3.2 +7.4 EmgMktEq +1.6 +9.4 IntlEqInv +4.7 +2.0 LgCapGro +8.3 +5.4 LgCapVal +7.5 +1.0 CGM Focus -5.1 +2.8 Mutual -3.9 +5.1 Realty +13.6 +9.8 Calamos ConvC m +4.5 +5.5 ConvertA m +5.0 +6.2 GlbGrIncA m +4.8 +5.8 GrIncA m +7.3 +6.2 GrIncC m +6.8 +5.5 GrowA m +8.4 +5.0 GrowB m +7.9 +4.3 GrowC m +7.9 +4.3 MktNuInA m +2.9 +3.5 Calvert BalancedA m +5.8 +3.0 BondA m +2.7 +5.0 EquityA m +11.9 +6.4 IncomeA m +3.1 +4.4 ShDurIncA m +1.8 +5.0 Cambiar OppInv +6.5 +3.4 Causeway IntlVlInv d +7.3 +2.4 Champlain Investment ChSmlComp b +12.2 +9.9 Clipper Clipper +9.2 -.2 Cohen & Steers Realty +15.4 +4.0 Colorado BondShares COBdShrs f +2.2 +4.3 Columbia AcornA m +10.0 +6.8 AcornC m +9.5 +6.0 AcornIntA m +3.5 +7.1 AcornIntZ +3.7 +7.5 AcornSelA m +1.7 +5.6 AcornSelZ +1.8 +5.9 AcornUSAZ +12.3 +5.8 AcornZ +10.1 +7.1 BondZ +3.2 +6.3 CATaxEA m +4.9 +4.2 CntrnCoreA m +7.7 +7.3 CntrnCoreZ +7.8 +7.5 ComInfoA m +5.9 +11.1 ComInfoC m +5.5 +10.3 DivBondA m +3.2 +5.9 DivBondI +3.4 +6.3 DivIncA m +7.4 +4.8 DivIncZ +7.5 +5.1 DivOppA m +9.7 +5.1 DivrEqInA m +6.2 +2.2 EmMktOppA m +.7 +10.3 EnrNatRsZ +4.7 +6.7 EqValueA m +6.6 +2.5 FlRateA m +3.0 +3.5 GlbEqA m +7.0 +3.0 GlblTechA m +4.3 +9.8 HYMuniZ +4.6 +2.2 HiYldBdA m +5.3 +8.1 IncBldA m +5.9 +6.3 IncOppA m +5.3 +8.1 IncomeZ +5.1 +7.1 IntlOpZ +.4 +1.9 IntlVaZ +3.9 +1.0 IntmBdZ +3.3 +6.6 ItmMunBdZ +4.4 +4.5 LarCaCorZ +6.9 +3.6 LfBalA m +6.3 +6.2 LfGrthA m +7.0 +5.0 LgCpGrowA m +9.5 +5.5 LgCpGrowZ +9.6 +5.8 LgCpIxA b +7.8 +3.0 LgCrQuantA m +10.2 +2.4 LtdDurCrdA m +2.8 +5.3 MAIntlEqA m +3.7 +.7 MAIntlEqZ +3.9 +.9 Mar21CA m +3.9 +2.6 Mar21CC m +3.6 +1.9 Mar21CZ +4.1 +2.9 MarFocEqA m +6.7 +4.4 MarFocEqZ +6.9 +4.7 MarGrIA m +9.3 +3.9 MarGrIZ +9.5 +4.2 MdCapGthZ +14.8 +9.3 MdCapIdxA b +11.3 +7.1 MdCapIdxZ +11.4 +7.4 MdCpValOppA m +7.6 +4.2 MdCpValZ +8.9 +4.4 MdCpVlA m +8.7 +4.1 MidGrOppA m +4.9 +7.4 ORIntmMuniBdZ +4.1 +4.4 PBAggA m +6.9 +4.3 PBModA m +5.8 +5.6 PBModAggA m +6.3 +5.0 PBModConA m +5.3 +5.7 SIIncZ +1.7 +4.6 SelSmCapZ +2.2 +4.2 ShTmIncA m +1.7 +4.3 ShTmMuZ +1.4 +3.4 SmCaVaIIA m +10.4 +5.0 SmCaVaIIZ +10.6 +5.2 SmCapCrZ +9.2 +6.8 SmCapIdxA b +10.5 +5.3

VALUE LV 8.2 28.1 2.2 0.2

YTD 1YR 3YR 5YR YTD 1YR 3YR 5YR YTD 1YR 3YR 5YR

7.8 28.2 9.4 3.7 7.3 32.8 14.4 6.3

BLEND LB 7.0 23.9 3.9 4.4

11.3 39.4 8.9 6.5 11.3 40.7 11.1 6.1

GROWTH LG 7.8 31.3 4.0 4.9

14.9 44.0 7.2 7.6

13.1 47.4 10.7 7.4

THE TIMES LEADER

Fund Focus FundFocus

Managers SkySpecEq d

SKSEX

BOND FUNDS Interm-Term Bond (CI) Interm. Government (GI) High Yield Muni (HM) High Yield Bond (HY) Muni National Interm (MI) Muni National Long (ML) Muni Short (MS)

3.57 2.95 4.49 5.09 3.96 4.46 1.86

6.09 3.52 2.88 15.26 3.17 2.43 1.86

6.93 5.81 2.46 9.83 4.67 3.90 2.89

6.12 5.89 1.43 7.12 4.23 3.44 3.16

10.91 10.88 11.31 11.79 9.81

10.42 10.43 10.80 11.21 9.65

10.71 10.72 11.10 11.59 9.75

+.07 +.08 +.09 +.01 +.02

16.01 13.36 15.87 +.07 61.72 57.95 22.80 27.42

44.27 40.23 15.45 18.53

61.26 +.68 57.64 +.49 22.01 -.14 27.30 +.31

14.96 14.84 35.25 14.27 16.62 14.61 12.72 11.96 16.74

14.09 14.14 26.76 13.57 13.02 13.94 12.53 11.85 13.13

14.43 ... 14.47 +.01 33.54 -.01 13.98 +.11 15.72 -.21 14.26 ... 12.64 ... 11.94 +.01 15.84 -.21

13.71 12.77 13.56 +.06 27.93 26.17 44.83 19.12 19.21 18.74 13.50 20.75 20.22 19.34 20.08 11.23 4.97 7.95 32.53 11.60 11.58 36.24 12.53 11.57 77.62 16.58 12.57 10.47 72.62 16.72 38.87 42.71 21.41

21.16 19.82 26.63 14.60 14.66 14.30 10.31 17.10 16.66 15.94 16.56 10.60 4.46 7.16 25.82 10.54 10.53 27.20 8.95 8.28 58.76 11.99 9.18 9.48 47.95 12.63 27.63 30.23 14.24

26.95 25.21 40.94 18.93 19.01 18.52 13.04 20.28 19.73 18.87 19.61 10.91 4.87 7.79 32.23 11.08 11.07 35.10 12.45 11.49 70.96 16.37 12.39 10.07 67.90 16.53 38.38 42.23 21.26

-.16 -.16 +.51 +.01 +.02 +.01 +.02 +.05 +.05 +.04 +.05 +.06 +.04 +.03 -.05 +.09 +.09 -.24 +.05 +.05 -1.84 -.01 ... +.01 +.44 +.06 +.16 +.18 +.29

FUND

YTD 5-YR 52-WEEK %RTN %RTN HI LOW

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FUND

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7.33

7.64 +.01

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9.96 14.02 +.19

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-.21

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16.46 11.28 16.36 +.30 68.26 52.11 67.65 +.13 67.20 46.42 66.99 +1.48 9.20

8.95

9.05

...

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31.81 29.08 41.28 41.39 27.99 28.76 32.06 32.83 9.34 7.18 15.37 15.45 47.34 39.15 5.08 5.09 13.87 13.88 8.40 10.65 9.96 24.23 11.05 9.00 7.91 21.75 9.62 2.83 10.93 9.72 9.92 12.03 14.61 9.16 10.44 14.03 11.80 12.42 25.41 25.99 26.02 5.96 10.07 12.47 12.64 14.12 13.12 14.45 24.24 24.80 22.24 22.66 30.57 12.55 12.52 8.47 14.62 14.60 11.87 12.30 10.86 11.10 10.96 10.91 9.97 18.15 9.99 10.53 15.10 15.22 17.37 18.58

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10.30 18.50 15.89 12.42 8.39

14.98 27.58 23.58 17.89 11.73

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CATEGORY MORNINGSTAR RATING™ ASSETS EXP RATIO MANAGER SINCE RETURNS 3-MO YTD 1-YR 3-YR ANNL 5-YR-ANNL

Small Value ★★★✩✩ $218 million 1.33% William Fiedler 2001-03-31 -1.0 +6.7 +36.1 +12.6 +4.3

TOP 5 HOLDINGS Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. Reinsurance Group of America Monotype Imaging Holdings Inc. GP Strategies Corporation Jos A. Bank Clothiers

*– Annualized 52-WEEK WK HI LOW NAV CHG 13.01 12.85 12.94 ... 12.96 12.13 12.57 ... 12.97 8.70 12.86 +.16

FUND

A supporting player fund for long-term investors, its focus is high-quality companies with strong debt repayment ability. It tends to lag in raging bull markets, but protects in downturns.

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FUND

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YTD 5-YR 52-WEEK %RTN %RTN HI LOW

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RICHARD L. CONNOR

IN THE ARENA

OPINION

Halt high-jinks and deal with the debt ceiling

Maine camping remains perfect family vacation

ONE WEEK ago Americans basked in a governmental respite as we celebrated 235 years of American independence and the exquisite political acumen it required to declare it. But no sooner had the colorful grand finale “bursting in air” high above WilkesBarre’s Kirby Park ceased its long climactic roar, than the broken government currently occupying our nation’s capital reasserted its irritating headlines. Front and center is the ongoing and irresponsible game of chicken being played by congressional Republicans over the imperative economic reality to raise America’s debt ceiling – the statutory level necessary to pay the nation’s bills already approved and incurred. The concern is for global markets and their subsequent reverberation should the United States of America, not some Fifth World oligarchy, default next month on its domestic and worldwide financial obligations. Enough respected economists have made it unmistakingly clear that this game of Republican road rage is not one in which our supposed leaders should be engaged. Raising the debt ceiling so America can pay its mortgage and its utility, grocery, credit card and phone bills is a regularly reoccurring and rather obscure and mundane piece of legislation. But 17 months before the 2012 presidential election it has been elevated by many in an increasingly unhinged Republican Party to the height of economic Armageddon. Messing with the national debt owed and the prospect of default at home and abroad would be an American financial calamity. Never before has the United States defaulted on its obligations. Past congressional leaders from both parties, and the presidents with whom they served, probably never dreamt of perpetrating such high-jinks. Under President Obama the national debt ceiling already has been raised twice. It was increased four times during the Clinton administration, seven under George W. Bush and many more during the Reagan years. But this is not the Reagan years. President Reagan would not recognize the party he once led. Today the national Republican Party is virtually wholly owned by an increasingly irrational fringe that promotes primary elections against conservative GOP officials who do not do their bidding. In 2010 we witnessed this tactic in several states. Next year, Republicans Orrin Hatch of Utah and Richard Lugar of Indiana, two lions of the U.S. Senate, will see it again firsthand. As disconcerting as that might seem to thoughtful conservatives, what is tragic is the timid silence of respected policy makers, leaders of large stature, who seem genuinely intimidated lest they be “primary’d” next. In his Independence Day column on Monday, however, veteran conservative political columnist David Brooks broke from the herd. Placing country above tea-baggers, Brooks urged congressional Republicans to compromise on the impending debt ceiling vote. He called it, “a no-brainer.” Yet he lamented: “But we can have no confidence that the Republicans will seize this opportunity. That’s because the Republican Party may no longer be a normal party. Over the past few years, it has been infected by a faction that is more of a psychological protest than a practical, governing alternative.” Brooks’ column is a must-read for every American. But perhaps most illustrative of the current state of our national politics has been the mean-spirited criticism leveled at him by fellow conservatives outraged that he would even dare to suggest a compromise with the president of the United States. Unlike Brooks, his critics seem unaware that 235 years ago it was the art of compromise that moved Virginia’s Resolution on Independence to the floor of the Continental Congress for a vote. And it was compromise that cobbled together the near unattainable unanimous vote required for its adoption. Kevin Blaum’s column on government, life and politics appears every Sunday. Contact him at kblaum@timesleader.com.

A BULL MOOSE charged from the woods miles from civilization, which today means no cell phone service, and smashed into a car containing five of our

since before the 2008 election. Both Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, and Bachmann, a Minnesota congresswoman, made their remarks days after the breakdown of negotiations on the federal debt limit between Vice President Biden and top con-

family members. The same five abruptly abandoned our lake’s Fourth of July boat parade when our boat was swamped by a lake version of a tsunami. All of this provided our own version of fireworks before the actual excitement that accompanies the annual celebration of independence. Past family history should have presaged that calamity had not subsided, but we naively assumed the nighttime flurry of small rockets midair on the Fourth was the end of high anxiety and goose bumps. But the next day we launched another of our old-but-family-favorite boats. It sank. Sank, as in sunk. The sinking was particularly disheartening given our hope, which was bountiful as the boat slipped from the trailer and its motor hummed with life at the first turn of the ignition key. This looked like a year of redemption for the old boat. It had started. The engine actually cranked over a time or two and then, kaboom, it was idling at full speed. She eased out of the right-of-way and into the open water. At full throttle she fell back into old habits and began to sputter, lose speed, and, finally, stall. Engine failure soon became the second worst problem on the boat when its inhabitants quickly realized it was sinking. At this point we were only three days into a week’s summer vacation at camp. Some of us had taken the usual Maine vacation, which means you drive an hour or two or three but stay in Maine to relax and regenerate. Others had traveled from the heart of Manhattan to escape the tension, heat and hustle of the big city. On the fifth day, our family discovered you could be hauled before the local kangaroo court of elected village officials and threatened with fines for cutting trees on your own property. Of course, the officials couldn’t quite locate the local ordinance, which was new, they said, and apparently not yet in print. Or maybe the town’s copier was out of order. Either way, you could take their word for it that you violated an ordinance and agree to plant six new, 12-foot-high trees, or you could start the meter running on $100 a day in fines. Six generations ago our family made its living cutting, harvesting and selling lumber. Talk about folks rolling over in their graves. You call this a break from stress? Well, actually, we do. So much so that today, when we sweep up the daily mouse droppings and the dead ants that are part of camp life, pack the cars and shutter the doors for a few weeks, everyone will be moping, shoulders will stoop, frowns will hang from the faces of young and old. Chagrin will envelop the day. It’s been another great week at camp, another seven days that add even more time to the more than 60 years we’ve come to the deep, verdant woods and blue, clear, spring-fed waters of Maine. This year we had the great fortune of 80-degree, sunny days. The heat made the cold lake water seem more invigorating and refreshing than ever. We swam in the morning, when the lake was calm and shimmered like glass; at midday, when a few waves might splash into your face; and at night, before an approaching crescent moon illuminated week’s end. We ate as a family, all of us at the same time, each night on the screened-in porch overlooking the lake. Television, video games, iPads and cell phones worked in some places but not in others. It did not matter. They were barely in use. On the table there were Maine’s fresh fruits, new vegetables, fish, artisan cheeses and breads. On our minds and tongues were often the forbidden dinner topics in most settings: politics and religion. Press issues should be forbidden for us but are not. A few egos and feelings might have been bruised but none permanently. Lively discussions amid a peaceful, languid setting.

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Marines carry the remains of Lance Cpl. Jared Verbeek from an aircraft at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware. MCT PHOTO

Military famililes receive their loved ones amidst media By TONY PERRY

Los Angeles Times

OVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. — The C-17 Globemaster waited on the tarmac, its tail painted with an American flag and a fierce-looking eagle. • Minutes earlier, the giant cargo jet had arrived from the U.S. airbase at Ramstein, Germany — carrying the flag-draped casket of a Marine killed in combat in Afghanistan. • Seven enlisted Marines were on the flight line to serve as a whitegloved “carry team,” ready to lift the casket from the plane and gingerly walk it down a ramp and to a large unmarked white van for the slow journey to the base mortuary.

The Marines and Air Force personnel waited in respectful silence near the plane. Moments later, an Air Force sergeant, assigned to film the ritual, gave out the call, “Family wheels rolling.” What the military calls a “dignified transfer” was about to commence. A blue bus with darkened windows and no markings brought relatives of Lance Cpl. Jared Verbeek to a close-in spot where they watched the casket being taken from the C-17 to the van. On the bus was a Marine staff sergeant who had flown with the family from California. Also present were a Navy chaplain

and senior officers from the Air Force and Marine Corps. Once the family was in position, the process from plane to van took less than seven minutes. By policy, family members were shielded from the view of journalists. But the family’s sobbing and cries of pain cut through the warm night air and were audible even above the sounds of aircraft landing and taking off. A child was crying. A woman wailed out, “Why? Why? Why? Why?” Verbeek, 22, was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, based at Camp Pen-

dleton. The married father of an 18-month-old son was killed June 21 by a roadside bomb outside the village of Sangin in Helmand province, a longtime Taliban stronghold. In 1991, during the Persian Gulf War, the news media was banned from witnessing the arrival of caskets at Dover. The prohibition came in response to a 1989 incident in which a TV network used a “split screen” to juxtapose images of a jovial President George H.W. Bush and the coffins of U.S. personnel killed in Panama. The policy was lifted by forSee FAMILIES, Page 6E

Top Republican candidates are changing their tone By SEEMA MEHTA and MAEVE RESTON Los Angeles Times

WATERLOO, Iowa — Michele Bachmann made her mark on cable television as a strident critic of the Obama administration. Mitt Romney has spent months impugning the president as a failure. But suddenly, the leading candidates for the Republican nomination have sidled down a parallel path, threading their remarks with a clear, if sometimes selective, civility toward Democrats. Pressed by two voters in New Hampshire about how he would unite a deeply polarized country, Romney recalled working with Edward M. Kennedy, an utterance nearly heretical to some conservative voters who saw the late Massachusetts senator as the embodiment of big-government liberalism. Bachmann, formally kicking off her presidential bid in Waterloo, Iowa, blamed the gridlock in Washington on both political parties and pointedly reached out to “disaffected Democrats.” A GOP rival, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr., recently launched his campaign by pledging to bring a more genteel tone to Washington and praising President Barack Obama’s love of

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Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann stopped in Lexington, S.C. to greet supporters.

country. The remarks contrasted starkly with the bitter contentiousness that typifies Washington — which was exactly the point. With the capital at a virtual standstill, political experts say the overtures reflect a strategic need for candidates seeking the White House: to mollify frustrations that have been building

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‘Our opinion’ takes a vacation

N HOMAGE TO the sum- American scene at a peculiar mer movie season, we of- time, as plenty of jobless peofer an editorial that re- ple wonder whether they’ll evquires no heavy thinking, er get back to work. A Labor scraps rigid conventions such Department report released as continuity and, at times, Friday showed hiring at a nearstandstill last month, with a goes for the easy laugh. Its theme (loosely tied, of national unemployment rate of 9.2 percent. Certain job course): Jobs. • “Horrible Bosses,” a co- seekers are pondering why medic spin on workplace des- their applications generate no peration, opened in area mo- interviews and, in the meanvie theaters Friday, fueling, we time, how they’re going to pay the bills. An ofpredict, an avid aufice ogre, espedience turnout this During July, lots of cially one with weekend and no Jennifer Anisshortage on Mon- overworked day of water cooler Americans – frazzled ton’s attributes, is the least of conversations. by their jobs and their worries. Insensitive adfearful they might • Job openministrators. Cruel ings, according supervisors. Clue- lose them – conto news reports less managers. template whether last week, are Most everyone has they dare take a becoming more had an encounter plentiful in the and harbors a story summer vacation. resurgent U.S. to tell. (Uh, except, automotive inof course, this editorial writer, whose superiors al- dustry and in many industries ways have been strictly of the north of the border, in Canada. nurturing, knowledgeable Apparently, jobs also can be easily obtained with the city of sort.) If seeking tips for coping un- Wilkes-Barre, provided your der tyrants and clowns, con- last name is Leighton. • During July, lots of oversult your favorite Internet search engine for “dealing worked Americans – frazzled with bad bosses.” Among the by their jobs and fearful they resources: www.badbossolo- might lose them – contemgy.com. (This writer, of plate whether they dare take a course, has never had reason summer vacation. Our advice: to visit such a site. If he did, Go. Go to the mountains, go to however, he could point out the beach or go to the movies. the availability of frustration- But, definitely, go. (Presuming this editorial venting discussion forums as well as books including “How writer retains his job, he will to Work for an Idiot: Survive & produce more thoughtful and Thrive – Without Killing Your provocative pieces in a few months – closer to awards seaBoss.”) • The bluntly titled “Horri- son. Until then, pass the popble Bosses” arrives on the corn.)

QUOTE OF THE DAY “The resignations are a step forward, but still many questions will be left in the minds of citizens.” Thomas Baldino The political science professor at Wilkes University reflected on the departure of Wilkes-Barre Mayor Tom Leighton’s three relatives – a daughter, niece and nephew – from their summer jobs with the city. The trio quit the seasonal, paid posts amid public controversy about whether the hirings were unethical.

OTHER OPINION: GAME LAWS

Seek compromise on Sunday hunting

HE LONG DEBATE over Sunday hunting jumped up a level earlier this summer when the Pennsylvania Game Commission endorsed removal of the prohibition. It won’t be a done deal, though, even if the General Assembly follows up by passing House Bill 1760, which would allow the commission to include Sundays when establishing hunting seasons. The commission still will have to get broad public feedback before enacting new regulations. Perhaps it’s time for the commission to look for a compromise. There’s no reason Pennsylvania’s Sunday hunting rules would need to be a carbon copy of another state’s. Here are some options: • Limit Sunday hunting to certain areas of the state or to the 15 million acres of state gamelands, which, as hunters are quick to point out, they pay to

maintain. That would leave state forests and parks to hikers, bikers, cross-country skiers and horseback riders. • Increase enforcement of game laws, perhaps through higher fees. Of course there would be an increased cost for Sunday enforcement at the outset, but more attention also should be given to problem hunters who unfairly give all hunters a bad name. • Help private landowners protect their properties, crops and livestock from illegal hunting. The Game Commission could have a fund to compensate landowners who open their land to hunting and then suffer damages as a result. • Limit Sunday hunting to only Pennsylvania residents. • Establish regular forums at which hunters and non-hunters can learn and appreciate each others’ views. Public Opinion Chambersburg

Those political talking points are a far cry from reality NO ONE is more of a master of political talking points than President Barack Obama. Remember “shovel-ready projects?” These were construction projects where the shovels were supposed to start digging the moment the government gave them the “stimulus” money. Two years later, Obama can joke about the fact that the shovels were not as ready as he thought. In reality, the shovels were never ready. It can take forever to get all the environmental approvals to build anything in today’s political and legal climate. If Obama didn’t know that, his advisers surely did. He can treat it as a joke today but it is no joke for those who are saddled with the debts produced by his runaway spending in the name of “shovel-ready projects.” Nor is it a joke to the unemployed, who remain unemployed despite all the “stimulus” spending. The talk about the many “green jobs” created by the government is likewise no joke. Since the government creates no wealth, it can only transfer the wealth required to hire people. Even if the government creates a million jobs, it is not a net increase in jobs, when the money that pays for those jobs is taken from the private sector, which loses much of its ability to create private jobs. But this is only mundane reality. What

ing points. Far from being discouraged by such realities, those who believe in price control for housing often think price control for medTHOMAS SOWELL icines and medical care is a great idea, too. We need not speculate as to what effects price controls can have on medicines and makes a great political talking point is govmedical care because there already are shorternment coming to the rescue of the unemages of both in countries where a governployed by creating jobs. This talking point ment-controlled medical system includes helps politicians get re-elected, even if it price controls. does nothing for the economy or for the The talking points about gun control are unemployment rate. as far removed from reality as the talking Among the biggest triumphs of talking points over reality are political discussions of points about rent control. But on this issue, at least, the advocates cite some highly selecrent control and gun control. Rent control supposedly rescues helpless tenants from the tive statistics to go along with their rhetoric. Gun control advocates often point out high rents charged by “greedy” landlords — countries such as Britain that have stronger at least in political rhetoric. gun control laws than ours and lower murThe two cities that have the oldest and der rates. But they totally ignore countries strongest rent control laws in the country also have the highest rents — New York and that have stronger gun control laws than ours and higher murder rates. San Francisco. Yet that plain reality has not One such country is right on our border made a dent in the thinking, or lack of think— Mexico. But there are others farther away, ing, of those who support rent control. such as Brazil and Russia. There are also Nor are they at all interested in other realities about rent control, whether in these countries with higher rates of gun ownership two cities or in other cities around the world. than in the United States — Switzerland and Israel, for example — that have much lower These realities include housing shortages murder rates than ours. But none of this has and a reduced supply of maintenance and other auxiliary services, such as heat and hot the slightest effect on the talking points of gun control zealots. water. Other forms of price control likewise lead to shortages, and have for thousands of Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover years. But such plain realities do not affect Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305. His website is www.tsowell.com. the heady social vision conjured up by talk-

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Embracing marriage, both the long and the short of it taking to heart H.L. Mencken’s acerbic quip about marrying best by marrying late. Delays in marriage have been accompanied by a corresponding increase in single women LYNNE K. VARNER having children. Just over half of all births among the under-30 set in 2008 were to uncommitment are worthy of a toast. New York wed mothers. That jibes with young adults’ embrace of became the sixth state to legalize gay marsingle parenthood and dismissal as too tradiriage. Other states should follow. These tional the premise that a child needs both moves embrace marriage and run counter to the many statistics telling us that we married parents at home. Some traditions are worth breaking, but not this one. Raising kids is couples are part of a waning institution. hard, even harder alone. I suspect the youngMarriage rates have been declining for some time. Part of the problem is generation- er generation’s optimism about eschewing marriage and raising children alone stem al. Rising divorce rates, which have only from views on something about which they plateaued in recent years, meant many of us know very little. More insightful views on grew up in households marked by divorce. We were expected to establish educations and marriage might come by checking back in a careers before marriage and families. So most decade when “Millenials” are better acquainted with the twin responsibilities of career and MY HUSBAND and I gathered with friends of us did. family. “Millenials,” that group of 18- to 29-yearrecently to fete a couple celebrating their After 13 years of marriage, I’ve come to olds, value parenthood far more than mar20th wedding anniversary. believe it is a tradition one truly doesn’t get riage, according to a Pew Research Center We toasted marriage’s enduring qualities analysis. More than half believe being a good until it’s his or her turn. and staying power. Before then, we’re merely seeking to be the Later, I saw on Facebook that friends living parent is one of the most important things in generation doing it differently and better than life, compared with slightly less than a third in Chicago were celebrating 15 years of wedwho say the same about successful marriages. our parents did. Such naïve optimism has ded bliss. permeated generations since the first one. There are notable exceptions. When my Then there was the send-off for another In the end, we all turn to the enduring friends who were celebrating their 20th annifriend, made all the more poignant because versary saluted their parents’ combined mar- power of committed relationships. her husband and young children will remain Longevity has its rewards. behind. A bicoastal relationship with all of the ital total of more than 80 years, the room erupted in applause. We are awed by such romantic challenges layered by the practicalconnubial stamina because many of us aspire Lynne K. Varner is a columnist for The Seattle ities of getting kids to soccer practice. Milto it. itary families know the drill all too well. Times. Readers may send her email at lvarner@seattletimes.com. Still, trends point to more people than not In all of these instances, longevity and People get from books the idea that if you have married the right person you may expect to go on ‘being in love’ forever. As a result, when they find they are not, they think this proves they have made a mistake and are entitled to a change – not realizing that, when they have changed, the glamour will presently go out of the new love just as it went out of the old one. In this department of life, as in every other, thrills come at the beginning and do not last ... but if you go through with it, the dying away of the first thrill will be compensated for by a quieter and more lasting kind of interest. – C.S. Lewis

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Will Obama get real about debt reduction? HERE WE go again. An approaching crisis. A looming deadline. Nervous markets. And then, from the miasma of gridlock, rises our president, calling upon those unruly congressional children to quit squabbling, stop kicking the can down the road and get serious about debt. This from the man who: • Ignored the debt problem for two years by kicking the can to a commission. • Promptly ignored the commission’s December 2010 report. • Delivered a State of the Union address in January that didn’t even mention the word “debt” until 35 minutes in. • Delivered in February a budget so embarrassing – it actually increased the deficit – that the Democratic-controlled Senate rejected it 97-0. • Took a budget mulligan with his April 13 debt-plan speech. Asked in Congress how this new “budget framework” would affect the actual federal budget, Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Elmendorf replied with a devastating “We don’t estimate speeches.” You can’t assign numbers to air. President Obama assailed the lesser mortals who inhabit Congress for not having seriously dealt with a problem he had not dealt with at all, then scolded Congress for being even less responsible than his own children. They apparently get their homework done on time. My compliments. But the Republican House did do its homework. It’s called a budget. It passed the House on April 15. The Democratic Senate has produced no budget. Not just this year, but for two years running. As for the schoolmaster-inchief, he produced two 2012 budget facsimiles: The first (February) was a farce and the second (April) was empty, dismissed by the CBO as nothing but words untethered to real numbers. Obama has run disastrous annual deficits of around $1.5 trillion while insisting for months on a “clean” debt-ceiling increase, i.e., with no budget cuts at all. Yet suddenly he now rises to champion major longterm debt reduction, scorning any suggestions of a short-term debt-limit deal as can-kicking. The flip-flop is transparently political. A short-term deal means another debt-ceiling fight before Election Day, a debate that would put Obama on the defensive and distract from the “Mediscare” campaign to which the Democrats are clinging to save them in 2012. A clever strategy it is: Do nothing (see above); invite the Republicans to propose real debt

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COMMENTARY CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER reduction first; and when they do – voting for the Ryan budget and its now infamous and courageous Medicare reform – demagogue them to death. And then up the ante by demanding Republican agreement to tax increases. So: First you get the GOP to seize the left’s third rail by daring to lay a finger on entitlements. Then you demand the GOP seize the right’s third rail by violating its no-tax pledge. A full-spectrum electrocution. Brilliant. And what have been Obama’s own debt-reduction ideas? In a recent news conference, he railed against the tax break for corporate jet owners – six times. I did the math. If you collect that tax for the next 5,000 years – that is not a typo – it would equal the new debt Obama racked up last year alone. To put it another way, if we had levied this tax at the time of John the Baptist and collected it every year since – first in shekels, then in dollars – we would have 500 years to go before we could offset half of the debt added by Obama last year alone. Obama’s other favorite debtreduction refrain is canceling an oil-company tax break. Well, if you collect that oil tax and the corporate jet tax for the next 50 years – you will not yet have offset Obama’s deficit spending for February 2011. After his Thursday meeting with bipartisan Congressional leadership, Obama adopted yet another persona: Cynic-in-chief became compromiser-in-chief. Highly placed leaks are portraying him as heroically prepared to offer Social Security and Medicare cuts. We shall see. It’s no mystery what is needed. First, entitlement reform that changes the inflation measure, introduces means testing, then syncs the (lower) Medicare eligibility age with Social Security’s and indexes them both to longevity. And second, real tax reform, both corporate and individual, that eliminates myriad loopholes in return for lower tax rates for everyone. That’s real debt reduction. Yet even now, we don’t know where the president stands on any of this. Until we do, I’ll follow the Elmendorf Rule: We don’t estimate leaks. Let’s see if Obama can suspend his 2012 electioneering long enough to keep the economy from going over the debt cliff. Charles Krauthammer’s email address is letters@charleskrauthammer.com.

een through a youthful centerfielder’s eyes, every hit appears at first to be a lazy blooper and July seems as if it will linger beyond 31 days, perhaps S even past a full three calendar pages. Alas, it’s an illusion. Keep alert. Don’t

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America has a genuine fondness for the fake KIM Kardashian’s butt is real. Some haters said it was fake. To prove them wrong, she had a doctor take X-rays to show that it was implant-free. Odd as it sounds, when a symbol of trumped-up celebrity has a part of her anatomy authenticated, it’s a perfect expression of Americanness. So, I’m adding Kim Kardashian’s butt to the list of the things I celebrate. Americans have a complicated relationship with authenticity. We celebrate our national ability to reinvent our lives, to leave the past behind or get a makeover, but we simultaneously bemoan the absence of an authentic American culture. Three years ago, Time magazine decided we needed a guide to finding authentic corners of the US of A. “Authenticity is hard to come by in this country,” Reed Tucker wrote. “We don’t get it from our ... politicians, we don’t get it from our lip-syncing pop stars.” Or, he went on to say, in the places we choose to spend our vacations, such as Disney World, Las Vegas or Universal Studios. In 2006, in a CBS.com article, commentator Dick Meyer pined for the genuine. “We are surrounded by phonies. And phoniness,” he complained. “We shop at malls that are designed to look like ‘real’ small town cen-

COMMENTARY GREGORY RODRIGUEZ ters. ... Even bodies are artificial; we have fake boobs, dyed hair, Botoxed eyes and liposuctioned thighs.” Meyer sees the flimflam factor as being painfully amplified by a new-media surge. He’s not wrong, but the syndrome isn’t a late-breaking phenomenon. Temple University American studies professor Miles Orvell contends that the tension between the authentic and the inauthentic is “a primary category in American civilization.” The hunger for authenticity, he argues, is a reaction against our constant striving for what’s new and improved. This isn’t an abstract process. The social and technological advances around the turn of the 20th century, Orvell writes, led to the “widespread middle-class enthusiasm for imitation Colonial furniture and architecture,” which offered a “comforting security in the face of rapid change.” Nostalgia, then, is itself a search for authenticity. Paradoxically, the past is generally taken to be more real than the inauthentic present. But like it or not, the new, the “inauthentic,” is the price of progress, as well as of freedom. Author and New York Uni-

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versity English professor Perry Meisel argues that America’s greatest virtue is that “its ground is invented” and that it doesn’t derive its legitimacy from notions of rootedness. In the American context, the “artificial is good – the only good,” because it is a byproduct of our belief in human possibility and reinvention. Maybe so, but that doesn’t stop us from feeling a need to compensate for constant change. These days, a lot of authenticity-hungry Americans turn to ethnic food joints, reclaimed inner-city neighborhoods, or organic food. Even a place as artificial as Las Vegas has tried to give itself a sheen of authenticity. Several hotelcasinos showcase paintings of

past masters to give their highculture stylings the feel of being more than skin deep. “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” and Las Vegas have a lot in common, not least a veneer of reality covering a great deal of artifice. And when Kim Kardashian seeks expert verification that the most celebrated part of her body is Godgiven, it’s a living, breathing, sashaying reminder of the very American tension between the authentic and the fake. Gregory Rodriguez is executive director of the Center for Social Cohesion at Arizona State University and a columnist for the Los Angeles Times. Readers may send him email at grodriguez@latimescolumnists.com.

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Lemonade stand a sweet success

am writing this on behalf of my 7-year-old great-niece Dynastie Lynn Thomas. Dynastie will be entering second grade at Heights Elementary School, Wilkes-Barre. On June 25, the second annual Dynastie’s FreshSqueezed Lemonade Stand and Bake Sale was held at Schiel’s Family Market on Hanover Street, Wilkes-Barre. Dynastie manages the stand with a little help from family and friends. This fundraiser benefits David’s Coffee Shop and local autism programs. It was her hope to raise one dollar more than last year, and much to her surprise the profit has doubled. On behalf of Dynastie, we thank the following: Mr. Tom Lovecchio, manager at Schiel’s; Chris Schiel; Andrew, Kyle, Lance and the employees and family at Schiel’s Market. Also, our thanks goes to Mr. Mike Jagodinski, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph, representing David’s

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Coffee Shop, “Miss Sue Moses,” Mommy Donna Hooker, Grammy Lisa Thomas, Nana Terry, Pop-Pops Tony and T-Bird, Aunt Noreen, Uncle Lovec, Uncle Tony, Uncle Jeff and the many people who purchased and donated items. Without the assistance and cooperation of all, Dynastie wouldn’t have done so well. God bless you all and we hope to see you next year. Denise Thomas Wilkes-Barre

Cancer Act gains local co-sponsors

am the advocacy coordinator of the Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre affiliate of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network. On June 14, three members of our affiliate and I, along with hundreds of others from

affiliates from around the country, headed to Washington, D.C., to urge our congressional representatives to cosponsor the Pancreatic Cancer Research and Education Act. This proposed law stipulates that the National Cancer Institute (NCI) develop a longterm and comprehensive plan for pancreatic cancer research that will provide direction and accountability for federal research funds. Meanwhile, everyone back home was urged to take part in a national call-in day. This event gives constituents the tools needed to call their members of Congress so they too can have their voices heard on this important matter. As a result of the meetings and calls done nationally, we added 12 more senator cosponsorships and 59 more representative co-sponsorships. As a result of all our efforts

locally, I am very honored and proud to report that we have two new co-sponsors: congressmen Lou Barletta and Tom Marino. I am equally honored to report that the Scranton/ Wilkes-Barre area outperformed the entire country in the national call-in. District 11 (Rep. Lou Barletta’s district) had the highest number of calls of any district in the country. District 10 (Rep. Tom Marino’s district) had the sixth highest number of calls. I thank the people of Northeastern Pennsylvania for raising their voices and making a difference. I thank U.S. Sen. Bob Casey for leading the fight, as he co-sponsored the bill on Feb. 28. I want to thank congressmen Barletta and Marino for several things. Thank you for taking the time to meet with us. Thank you for hearing your constituents when they called. And most of all thank you for taking a stand by co-sponsoring the Pancreatic Cancer Research and Education Act. The people of Northeastern Pennsylvania should be proud

for showing the country how it’s done. It’s because of each of you that I have hope. Hope that we will get the funding that we deserve. Hope that the survival rate will rise above the 6 percent it is now. Hope that one day when someone hears that they have been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer they know they have options. To find out more, please visit www.pancan.org Lesa Keener Advocacy coordinator Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

Market on Pond tops $17,000

he Meadows Auxiliary expresses sincere thanks for the press coverage of our event: “Market on the Pond.” We had a successful “Market,” raising more than $17,000. Wow! This was the 27th year that the auxiliary held this event. We had a gorgeous day, lots of visitors and, thank God, lots of volunteers. We can’t thank

everyone enough for working so hard to support the auxiliary and its commitment to our residents. Kudos to our many volunteers, Meadows employees, rehabilitation staffers, dietary department workers, family members, residents, friends, community banks, businesses and garden centers. We also thank community groups such as the Harveys Lake Women’s Club, Master Gardeners, Back Mountain Bloomers and Lehman Boy Scout Troop 241 for their tremendous help. Finally, thank you to our dedicated teen volunteers (who actually arrived at 7 a.m.). The funds from “Market on the Pond” will help purchase special equipment for our residents as well as to sponsor special events and socials that bring our residents enjoyment and an enhanced life at Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Betty Sorchik and Marilyn Gregorski Volunteer directors Meadows Nursing and Rehabilitation Center Dallas

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A lasting lesson from Harry Potter: Magic can be found all around us FOR LEGIONS of Harry Potter fans worldwide, Friday’s opening of the film “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2,” will mark the close of something very

special. Since 1997, the wildly popular Potter books and films have fired the imaginations of countless readers and moviegoers both young and old. Over the course of the seven books and eight films, we’ve watched Harry grow up, and millions of Harry’s fans have grown up with him. To these “Potter kids,” Harry and his friends have been close companions, part of the very rhythm and fabric of their childhoods. In the early days of the books and films, critics abounded. Some on the religious right objected to the glorification of witchcraft and magic. Critics on the left complained of “male bias” and pro-establishment values. Highbrow literary critics chimed in with their usual strictures against “escapism” and simplistic good-vs.-evil thinking. As the series developed, all these criticisms were seen to be wide of the mark. When the last book, “Deathly Hallows,” was published in 2007, it became evident that the meticulously plotted books were the product of great literary craftsman-

COMMENTARY GREG BASSHAM ship and resounded with themes, both traditionalist and modernist, that people in all walks of life could applaud. What are these themes? The four most compelling, to me, are these. • All people deserve equal concern and respect. The Potter books have been aptly described as “a 4,100-page treatise on tolerance.” At its most basic level, the books are a morality tale about a wizard civil war. On one side are Voldemort’s racial supremacists, who want wizards to rule over non-magical humans (“Muggles”) and pureblooded wizards to rule over those of mixed ancestry. On the other side are Harry, Dumbledore and those who reject such supremacist views and believe, instead, in the basic equality and identical moral worth of all magical and non-magical persons. Throughout the books, author J.K. Rowling not only preaches against, but also shows us the terrible harms and scars that result from, all forms of bigotry, intolerance and exclusion. • Misfits rule! Like J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings,” the “Potter” books are a story about how ordinary people can do extraordinary things. The good

guys who bring down Voldemort and his seemingly invisible army of Death Eaters are generally not rich or powerful or socially connected. Most are marginalized or excluded “others,” including a werewolf (Lupin), a half-giant (Hagrid), a despised house-elf (Dobby), an impoverished redhead (Ron), a Muggle-born brainiac (Hermione), and Harry himself, a half-blood neglected orphan. Rowling’s point, again, is about respect and not judging a book by its cover. Even the humblest person can conceal surprising strengths and unsuspected talents. Even the littlest person can make a big difference for good. • Learn trust and acceptance. Harry’s world, like ours, is confusing and ambiguous. People are not always who they seem to be, events can be interpreted in multiple ways and many pieces of life’s puzzle remain hidden. Throughout the last two “Potter” books, Harry struggles with issues of trust. In particular, he discovers disturbing truths about Dumbledore that cause him to question his honesty and motives. In the end, in an existential leap of faith, Harry decides to trust Dumbledore, accept the inevitability of death and put his faith in the intangibles of friendship, integrity and sacrificial love. This “letting go,” this decision to make a stand and trust without proof, gives Harry the strength and moral direction he needs to defeat the

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Dark Lord. • Don’t overlook the magic in our world. Magic is real in Potter’s world, just as it is in the two other great fantasy series of our time, Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” and C.S. Lewis’ “Chronicles of Narnia.” The common thread of magic in these books is no accident. Rowling, like Tolkien and Lewis, rejects scientific materialism. In the “Potter” books, Rowling uses her literary artistry to make us feel the absurdity of reducing love, goodness, meaning, life itself, to mere collocations of atoms. For Rowling, as a Christian writer, ours

is a magical world. There is magic in the beauty of a mountain lake, a mother’s love, a child’s conception, the sacraments of the church and the soul’s capacity to survive death. Yes, magic is real. And later this week you might see some in the eyes of a child at a theater near you. Greg Bassham is chairman of the philosophy department at King’s College, Wilkes-Barre, and recently edited a book, ‘The Ultimate Harry Potter and Philosophy,’ which has been translated into seven languages.

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River Common needs your help

n June 29, a spirit of patriotism permeated WilkesBarre’s River Common amphitheatre as the U.S. Army Federal Brass Band performed for more than 400 people. The night was truly aweinspiring, with a first-class performance at a first-class venue: our River Common. This free concert was made possible thanks to a wonderful partnership with Wyoming Seminary’s Performing Arts Institute. Many thanks are due to Nancy Sanderson, the institute’s director, for bringing the nation’s finest musicians to downtown Wilkes-Barre’s newly reinvented riverfront. But, the more I think about the recent Federal Brass concert, the more I am inspired by the larger changes that we see downtown. It’s hard to believe that, less than two years ago, there were no community events on the River Common. Now fast-forward to the present, with the River Common hosting multiple events each week. These programs, ranging from yoga to concerts, from outdoor movies to environmental programming, are

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all free and open to all ages. This evolution is not surprising. I’ve seen firsthand the hard work that many people have put into this project, as a vision for an accessible riverfront has been transformed into an award-winning venue comparable to any of the nation’s top parks. I’ve seen private citizens and businesses collaborate to form an organization, RiverCommon.org, which serves as the steward of the River Common. And I’ve seen the impact of RiverCommon.org’s programs on everyone from the young to the young at heart. With that said, what’s most amazing is not that the completed River Common has been internationally recognized or that we are now able to attend such a wide range of free events and festivals. No, what’s most amazing is that all of RiverCommon.org’s programming has been made possible through the efforts of private citizens and businesses. Activities on the River Common occur solely because of financial support from private contributions and corporate sponsorships – not tax dollars. The generosity of countless individuals – the “Friends of the River Common” – together with sponsors such as Wyoming Seminary, GUARD, The Times Leader, the Citizens’ Voice, Entercom Communications, the Luzerne County Visitors Bureau, Mohegan Sun, PNC Bank and WBRE-TV are helping to turn our riverfront into a regional destination. Now it’s up to you, the readers, to continue the momentum. Although our events are

free to attend, they are not free to produce, nor do they run themselves. We need additional private donations and volunteers if we are to continue to organize and present programs at the River Common. I ask anyone interested in learning more about the park or how they can help to visit www.rivercommon.org or www.facebook.com/rivercommon, or to call (570) 823-2101, ext. 128. The River Common is our park, and the community’s support will ensure its success. Please join us at RiverCommon.org and become a part of our growing movement. Karl Borton Director of programming RiverCommon.org Wilkes-Barre

Council candidate outlines stance

his will be my political platform as a Luzerne County council candidate: Everyone should make an attempt to modify, transform, enrich and reconstruct morals and ethics in the American political sphere. We should respect the unborn and the living. One should acknowledge God as the creator of all and appeal to him for help in protecting all he graciously has given us. With all these gifts comes the right to use them justly. Hence, all such rights are the gifts of God as affirmed in our Declaration of Independence. These include the right to life and liberty.

We are to rule the world in holiness and righteousness, and pronounce judgment in integrity of heart and soul. Liberty includes the right to use and claim as an individual possession any unclaimed thing received from the hand of God. This right to any possession includes its entire use, that is, its exchange, control, protection and entire disposition. And the first and greatest of these possessions is our life. Man is the only creature made in God’s image and likeness; all men have an equal duty to love themselves and others to honor that image of the God they are commanded to love. To obliterate that image by unjustly taking a life is the highest crime that one may do to another. To take a life justly is the most somber obligation God ever imposes. God created man with two great dimensions, individual and social. In so doing, he gave us the right to associate with each other, to take advantage of our rights and to fulfill our duties. God has imposed on men a duty to associate in governments to put a justified fear into the hearts of evildoers – yes, into the degenerate and reprobate mind. These duties are given for the good of all, but not to deprive any of the rights they are designed to protect. Governments should never commit the crimes they are created to prevent! The Constitution’s willful distortion has led to the violation of our Tenth Amendment guaranteed right to limited government, which inevitably requires oppressive taxation. Its faithful application will lift that awful burden. Freedom from “liberalism.” Liberalism is corruption of the heart and errors of the intellect. Freed from the lawless oppression of liberal rule, we might then compassionately and justly use our energy and ingenuity to provide for ourselves and our families. We will then establish truly free and responsible enterprise and

Contrary to what is implied in the article and to what the activists allude, hunting already is allowed on Sunday, for coyote, fox and crows. That other states allow open hunting on Sunday is not a reasonable argument. I expect better of mature adults in positions of power than a childish stance of “but everyone else is doing it”. Other states also allow baiting, automatic weapons and other tactics that are prohibited here; should we go ahead and suddenly allow them because a minority of hunters want them? How do those other states compare with Pennsylvania in relation to landmass and hunter population? Pennsylvania is near the bottom of states in area but is number two in the number of licensed hunters. We already have a growing situation with non-hunting outdoors enthusiasts and urban/rural landowners having negative encounters with hunters. The Game Commission proclamation states that all “stakeholders” will be listened to before the agency takes any action. The problem is that, judging by the Game Commission’s history, the term “stakeholders” applies only to hunters. If expanded hunting – or worse, open hunting – is allowed, how will the Game Commission enforce the activity? Already the commission is grossly understaffed as far as wildlife conservation officers in the field – with each one covering hundreds of square miles over several counties. Deputies are not an alternative, as they cannot perform many of the essential duties of a WCO. The whole idea of expanded hunting on Sunday in particular and in general needs to be scrapped. It’s obvious that the Game Commission has more pressing issues that need attention.

reassert the basic human right to property. The protection of life, and the duties and rights of families. We believe in protecting all human life however weak, defenseless, or disheartened; we endorse the family as the essential bulwark of liberty, compassion, responsibility and industry; and declare the family’s right and responsibility to nurture, discipline and educate its children. Marriage between a man and a woman. We should insist that marriage is between a man and a woman. The republic established by our Constitution is the greatest of all pro-life institutions. It protects our lives from the impositions of foreign nations and internal disorder. Our Constitution in its Fifth Amendment also forbids the government to take life, or liberty or property unjustly. The Fourteenth Amendment requires all states to apply all the protections they provide for life equally to all visitors or citizens, and to all born or unborn persons within the territories governed by their laws. Jesus states, I have come to give life and give life in abundance (John 19:10). God bless America. This is my political platform. Charles “Bible Buck” Hatchko Jenkins Township

Sunday hunting a bad proposal

must respond to the arguments brought up in Tom Venesky’s recent article (“A shot at a new day,” July 3) concerning Sunday hunting. The Pennsylvania Game Commission should never have taken a stance on the issue, as it is a political matter, pure and simple. The whole concept of the Game Commission is that it is an apolitical agency responsible for overseeing the state’s wildlife for all residents.

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pendents who are of your philosophical view to carry you over the line.” For Bachmann, the imperative now is to segue from cable television bomb-thrower to serious presidential possibility, convincing voters that she is measured enough to lead the free world, said Cary Covington, a University of Iowa political science professor. Her message, he said: “I can be trusted to govern; I’m not wildeyed and crazy.” In Waterloo, Bachmann noted that she grew up as a Democrat and volunteered for Jimmy Carter before joining the GOP. “Our problems don’t have an identity of party; they are problems created by both parties,” Bachmann said. “Americans agree that our country is in peril today and we must act with urgency to save it. And Americans aren’t interested in affiliation; they are interested in solutions, and leadership that will tell the truth.” Later, she told a South Carolina audience that she was “the unifying candidate” and would bring her “reasonable fair-minded voice to Washington, D.C., and actually do” big things. She contrasted that approach with that of Obama, who she said campaigned as a “post-partisan” politician but turned out to be “highly partisan.” Though Bachmann is still forcefully criticizing the president, her tone and word choice have markedly shifted from her pre-campaign comments, when she said Obama and his wife, Michelle, have “very anti-American views,” and that the president’s signature health care reform would lead to “gangster government.”

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mer Defense Secretary Robert Gates in April 2009 after a review by the Pentagon, individual services, American Gold Star Mothers, Military Families United and veterans organizations. Press coverage was allowed, but only with the approval of the individual family — the same policy in place for funerals at Arlington National Cemetery. At the same time, the military agreed to pay the transportation costs for families to and from Dover. Under the new policy, most families (79 percent) choose to be at Dover for the arrival of their loved one. Before the policy change, only about 5 percent of families came. Out of all families — those who travel to Dover and those who do not — 57 percent

say the press should be allowed to attend. “There’s never been any disruption; the media has been very respectful,” said Trevor Dean, deputy director of Air Force mortuary affairs operations. The Verbeek family, from Visalia, Calif., agreed to allow journalists to witness the transfer but declined to be interviewed. Norma Luther, the recently named president of American Gold Star Mothers, said the press is vital “to let the nation know what is going on.” Her son, Army Capt. Glen Adams Jr., was killed in a helicopter crash in 1988 in Germany. “Whether it’s a sailor, soldier, airman or Marine, when they come back, the country needs to know the price that has been paid for the freedoms we enjoy,” Luther said. Early last year, the base opened the Center for the Families of the Fallen, a facility where families can assemble while

THE TIMES LEADER awaiting the transfer. Later in the year, a Fisher House, one of more than 50 funded by the foundation begun by real estate magnate and philanthropist Zachary Fisher, was opened to provide free overnight lodging. Before family members are taken to the flight line, chaplains prepare them for what they will see. In many cases, it has been less than 24 hours since they were notified of their family member’s death. “Many are in shock and disbelief,” said Air Force Lt. Col. Dennis Saucier, the senior staff chaplain among six assigned to mortuary duty. “When they see the flag-draped transfer case, the reality of their loss really comes home. Until that time, all they’ve experienced is what people have told them.” Chaplains offer prayers. Chairs are taken from the bus for family members overcome by emotion.

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KING OF PRUSSIA — Selena Gomez flashed her string-of-pearls smile and black-olive eyes as 3,000 fans gave her a rock-star welcome recently at the King of Prussia Mall. ThesoundofSelenamaniawasanearsplitting squawk, something like that of squadrons of overexcited seagulls. Gomez, the recording sensation, star of the Disney TV series “The Wizards of Waverly Place” and anchor of the Fox mistaken-identity comedy “MonteCarlo,”wasbuoyedbytheshout-out. With self-assurance and self-doubt in dizzyingly equal proportions, Gomez, 18, is walking the tightrope from teen idol toward mature stardom in 5-inch heels, struggling against the perception she’s just a “Disney girl.” You can count on one hand the number of child stars who have made it across. Elizabeth Taylor. Natalie Wood. Jodie Foster. Leonardo DiCaprio. Christian Bale. If fan love alone were all it required, Gomez would be there already. The adulation helps her keep balance on the tightrope. Working in her favor is that the person she is in front of thousands of diehards is the same one she is in a one on one. “We love you, Selena!” shrieked Erin Daly, 12, who with friends Shannon Savage, 13, and Adelina Alvarez, 12, arrived at the mall at 4 a.m. They patiently waited 14 hours to see the young star, whom Daly called “my role model.” Selenamaniacs know every word to “Who Says,” the singer’s platinum-selling empowerment anthem about not letting thebulliesdefineyou.TheybuyherDream Out Loud clothing line (sold at Kmart, not at pricey mall boutiques). They are Facebook friends of the girl who calls Justin Bieber her boyfriend. “Girls relate to her,” says Erin Siminoff, vice president of production at Fox 2000, producer of “Monte Carlo.” “They want to be her. She has an accessibility and a sophistication.” Tricky thing, a young star’s career. ColtishisOKfortweensandteens.Butif you’re a teen powerhouse who wants a career beyond the Disney/Nickelodeon stable, how do you show you’re maturing without taking your clothes off? “I come from Disney World and am not taken seriously,” Gomez explained matterof-factly before her triumph at the mall. Shesportedametallic-goldcardiganovera pink linen shirt and black jeggings. Her ensemble said “casual fun.” Her pearlescent white stilettos said the opposite. “It doesn’t feel good to be rejected, to hear that directors want Mila Kunis, not a Disney girl.” Disney girl? “The perception is of somebody who probably overacts, probably has nosincerity,probablythinksofactingasajob rather than a skill,” says the trouper, who treasures her Disney experience. Gomez regards the cast of the “Wizards of Waverly Place” — which will air its fourth and final season this fall — “as my second family.” Gomezdealswith“thenegativityandrejection” she faces from casting agents and from the haters on Facebook the old-fashioned way — with affirmations. “I live by inspirational quotes,” she says. Recentlyshefaintedafteranappearance on “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno,” prompting rampant Internet rumors of pregnancy and anorexia. The culprit was junkfood,sheadmits.“I’m18,andI’mstubborn. They offer me healthy home-cooked meals of lemon chicken and zucchini and cheesecake, but I want Taco Bell.” “When I was 9, doing ‘Barney,’ I was pickedonbykidsinschoolfordoingababy See GOMEZ, Page 5F

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uggles, prepare yourselves: The end of Harry Potter is near. British author J.K. Rowling first introduced the boy wizard to the world in 1997, and since then the franchise has grown by leaps and bounds, spawning book spinoffs, endless merchandise, an amusement park in Orlando and eight movies, the last of which will premiere at midnight Thursday. “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part Two,” the eighth and final installment, will mark the beginning of the end, IF YOU GO and all over Northeastern Pennsylvania the hoopla has What: Wizard Rock Party, with taken hold. Eye on Attraction, Paper Mustaches, Cringe, members of The guys of Scranton-based Silhouette Lies and Chet Wilband Eye on Attraction always liams joked that they would do a When: 6 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday Wizard Rock side project and Where: New Visions Studio and finally decided it was time. Gallery, 201 Vine St., Scranton “We produced an almost 20Admission: $5 minute long, rock-opera-esque ••• piece called ‘Magic is Might,’ What: Harry Potter Magical Tea chronicling the life of GellWhen: 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday ert Grindelwald,” Where: Frederick Stegmaier drummer Andrew Mansion Merkle, 20, said. Tickets: $44.50 per person. Grindelwald is a Reservations required and supporting character accepted until the day before the event. who played a major Call: 655-8392 part in the back half of the series. He was a powerful dark wizard, second only to Lord Voldemort, the main antagonist of the Potter world, and a friend of Albus Dumbledore, headmaster of the school Potter attends. “The storyline runs very deep, touching upon Grindelwald’s rise and fall from power, his relationship with Dumbledore, the tragic loss of Ariana (Dumbledore’s sister), all culminating in the legendary duel between Dumbledore and Grindelwald,” Merkle said. “We round it out with Voldemort’s final conversation with Grindelwald and, dare I say it, leave it open to write another Wizard Rock EP on the Deathly Hallows themselves.” “Magic is Might” will be part of the Wizard

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It’s been 14 years since the first of the “Harry Potter” novels arrived and 10 years since the first movie adaptation hit the big screen. Finally, on Thursday, fans will get to wrap a neat bow around all things Potter with the eighth and final movie installment of the franchise. With all this time elapsed, the information concerning Harry’s world is vast enough to justify a recap of the major goings-on at Hogwarts in preparation for the final chapter. ••• Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s

Stone Eleven-year-old Harry Potter finds that he is a wizard and will attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, much to the chagrin of his Aunt Petunia, Uncle Vernon and cousin Dudley Dursley, who are his caretakers in the wake of Harry’s parents’ death. At school he befriends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. We also meet Albus Dumbledore, Hogwarts headmaster, and Severus Snape, a professor who seems to err on the side of evil while playing the part of good. Harry’s world is nothing short of magical but also has a dark side with the introduction of Lord Voldemort, the most powerful dark wizard in history and the maker of Harry’s iconic lightning-bolt scar. Voldemort killed Harry’s parents when he was little but mysteriously vanished after an attempt to take Harry’s life (which resulted in the scar). Volde-

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Rock Party set for Thursday at New Visions Studio and Gallery in Scranton. Those attending are encouraged to dress up and celebrate the world of wizardry. “My girlfriend made a replica of Luna Lovegood’s lion hat,” Merkle said. “If she doesn’t wear it, I will.” Meanwhile in Wilkes-Barre, a “Harry Potter Magical Tea” will take place from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Frederick Stegmaier Mansion in Wilkes-Barre. The menu will include items from the Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook by Dinah Bucholz, such as Mrs. Weasley’s rock cakes and Butterbeer. Damian the Magician will entertain. Damian, who has more than four decades of magic experience, is a huge Potter fan, owning all the movies and first-edition copies of each book. Although he obviously relates to the franchise

through magic, he believes Rowling’s world is more than that. “For starters, it got kids back to books,” he said. “When it came out 10 years ago, you could see children reading everywhere — parks, cars, subways. Everybody was engrossed in it.” Damian believes the story itself is important. “Ultimately, it’s a story of good triumphing over evil, told with fantastic characters. There has been a tremendous amount of struggle with the characters over the course of it, so I look forward to this movie and the closure it will bring and also the positive side of it. For young, impressionable people that are fans of the book they need that kind of ending, especially in the world we live in today.” Damian will perform several types of magic tricks, many Potter-related. He uses some of the more notable magic words in the Potter realm, such as “wingardium leviosa,” a levitation charm. For one fan, the wait to see the movie is already over. Lisa Jefferson, 25, of Ashley already saw the film as part of her job in the entertainment business.

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“It was everything I thought it would be and so much more,” she said. “Of course I’ll still be going to the midnight of it here. The excitement and reactions in the theater at the midnight showing are more exciting than seeing it during a regular showing.” Stephanie Kalejta, 23, of Wilkes-Barre is patiently waiting for the midnight show and one scene in particular. (If you haven’t read the books, you might want to skip this next sentence, which contains spoilers.) “I can’t wait to see how they turn into their ‘future’ selves, when they send the next generation, their kids, off to Hogwarts,” she said. “I’m looking to see how they tie it all up, in general. I’ve read the books and know how it should tie together, but there’s always that little tweak the filmmakers do, so that’s what makes it exciting.” Kalejta’s prediction of her reaction as the movie closes most likely reflects the way legions of Potterheads the world over will respond. “As the credits roll, I probably won’t be able to see them because I’ll be sobbing.” This brings Harry face to face with a reincarnated Voldemort, but he escapes his clutches again and alerts the wizard world to the fact that the Dark Lord is back in action. ••• Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix With the threat of dark magic looming, the Order of the Phoenix, a group dedicated to fighting Voldemort and his followers, reforms. Snape, whom Harry still believes to be a follower of the Dark Lord, is a part of this group. Meanwhile the Ministry of Magic is denying Voldemort’s re-

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mort is nearly a non-entity at this point, having lost much of his power. We find that a school professor is one of Voldemort’s servants (also known as a Death Eater), and is trying to retrieve the Sorcerer’s Stone from the school for his master to strengthen him and give him eternal life. For the first of many times, Harry and company thwart Voldemort’s plans to return to full strength, the school year ends, and all is quiet – for now. ••• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Harry’s second year at Hogwarts starts off troublesome when messages about a Chamber of Secrets pop up, saying all the students who are muggles (or non-magical folk) will be killed. People turn up petrified, or turned to a stonelike state, spinning the school into a panic. Harry comes across a diary belonging to Tom Marvolo Riddle that gives him a look into the past and Riddle’s life as a student. A large serpent is identified as the culprit of the petrifying, and eventually Ron’s younger sister Ginny is taken into the Chamber. Harry attempts to rescue her and finds that a memory of Riddle is stored in

Pettigrew to serve as a decoy, but Pettigrew betrayed the Potters, leading Voldemort to them and causing their deaths. Pettigrew escapes from the group, and Black is wrongfully taken into custody, but Harry and his friends break him out and he goes into hiding. ••• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire The fourth year brings the Tri Wizard Tournament, a competition that spans three wizard schools, including Hogwarts. Harry is mysteriously chosen to be a part of the competition, despite his young age. Therefore, he must compete with three other students for the prize. The tournament is a spirit-lifter for the school, which has been plagued by rumblings that Voldemort is attempting to return. It ends tragically, however, when a Hogwarts student is killed during the last round of competition after he and Harry fall into a trap set by Pettigrew.

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mort’s return. ••• Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince As Voldemort gains strength, Harry learns that the Dark Lord has been using horcruxes to become immortal. These objects are fragments of a person’s soul placed within an object so that when the body dies, a part of the soul remains and the person can be regenerated. To weaken Voldemort, Harry and Dumbledore set out to figure out what each horcrux is and destroy it. They are initially successful, but when they return from a mission Dumbledore is killed by Snape, further leading Harry to believe he’s on the side of evil. Dumbledore’s death prompts Harry to take a break from his schooling to seek out the remaining horcruxes and destroy the wizard once and for all. ••• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows In the first half of Deathly Hallows we witness such a search and the discovery of the Deathly Hallows, three sacred objects: a stone that can bring the dead to life, an unbeatable wand and an invisibility cloak. Harry learns that Voldemort is after said Elder Wand in a quest to hasten Harry’s death. He quickly pushes that fact aside, as he believes destroying horcruxes is the better route to kill Voldemort. Harry, Ron and Hermione travel about in hiding looking for the horcruxes but are eventually captured by Death Eaters. Dobby the house elf comes to save them but is killed in the process, and we close the first half of the seventh section of Potter with a grieving Harry and Voldemort in possession of the Elder Wand, ready to finish Harry off.

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he big news for the Tom Clancy brotherhood was the return of the Jack Ryans, father and son, last December in “Dead or Alive” — until then, the Ryan saga hadn’t made an appearance since 2003’s “The Teeth of the Tiger.” It was easy to assume that, with a seven-year gap, Clancy was just slowing down. Thatassumptioniswrong.Anotherthriller, “Against All Enemies,” landed in June and is chockfullofespionageandtreacheryandrivaled only by the Yellow Pages in size. Where Clancy had been helped with “Dead or Alive” by Grant Blackwood, Clancy is aided in this newone,whichintroducesustoheroMaxwell Moore, by Peter Telep. “Against All Enemies” revolves around the world of Moore, a former Navy SEAL and CIAparamilitaryoperationsofficer.Thebook

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are hundreds of varieties of the agavelilythatcanbedistilled,tobe called tequila it must come from the Weber blue agave. The spiny plants grow for between six and12 years in neat rows on hillsides, the valley floor, and even in medians along the highways. Tours of the biggest distilleries such as Sauza and Cuervo are easy tofind.MundoCuervoistheDisney of distilleries, and its swank cantinas, restaurants and gift shops occupy a huge swath of the town. A self-guided walking tour through town is part of the Ruta de Tequila, a trail that links Jalisco’s tequila-producing cities that was patterned after Napa’s wine trail. AlsoappealingtosomeistheTequila Express party train that on weekends ferries tourists from Guadalajara 40 miles to Casa Her-

opens with a devastating attack off the coast of Pakistan. A U.S. ship carrying a Taliban prisoner finds itself suddenly under attack in a scene that’s signature Clancy: “A flare burst overhead, peeling back the night and drawing deep shadows across the decks of both patrol boats. Moore looked across the sea and saw it, a thousand meters out, rising up out of the waves, a nightmare with imposing black sail and dull black decks fully awash as she breached, her bow pointed at them.” A rocket attack destroys the ship and Moore’s the sole survivor. What drives him, like many heroes in Clancy’s books, is revenge: In looking for the cell responsible for the attack, however, Moore stumbles into deeper, stranger conspiracies, including an unexpectedalliancebetweenadrugcartelon the U.S.-Mexico border and Taliban fighters who have been charged by their leaders to “bring the jihad back to the United States.” Of course “Against All Enemies” doesn’t

havethatColdWar-eramystiquethatClancy’s earlier books possess — like Le Carre, Clancy inhisownwayisstillseekinghisfootinginthe contemporary world of terrorism, tribal menace, provincial thugs and shadow groups. But there are still plenty of bits of what his fans have always enjoyed most — the gadgetry. After Moore plants a GPS beacon on a van containing hostages, he turns to his smartphone: “He activated his smartphone’s camera and thumbed on the ARS (augmented reality system) app that would turn the phone into a computer-enhanced imaging device by superimposingwireframesovertheimagesanddisplaying data boxes that indicated the size and range of various structures and targets within his field of view.” Can you hear me now? “AgainstAllEnemies”givesClancyfansidealreadingforthesummermonths.At756pages, though, I’d make one recommendation to those wanting to travel light: Read it as an ebook instead.

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radura in neighboring Amatitan, where visitors can sip tequila from abarrelcarriedbyadonkeyorseea man dressed in the traditional white garb of the field workers (jimadores) cut the spines off the agave, leaving only the pineapplelooking center for baking. The smaller operations often produce the most interesting spirits,oftenofferinghistoricalglimpses of the manufacturing process

that the big labels long ago abandoned. Tequila explorers can see and taste agave that has baked in modern autoclaves for eight hours (the equivalent of a pressure cooker) and compare the flavors to those at a distillery that still bakes for days inside stone ovens. Competition has inspired many distilleries to alter old techniques. At Casa Noble, the country’s first California Certified Organic Farm-

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ing operation, new French oak aging barrels have replaced used American bourbon barrels, which gives the final product notes of vanilla. Don Pilar uses champagne yeast to enhance fermentation and, distillers hope, impart a uniqueflavor;butlikethebestboutique winemakers, El Tesoro still allows native yeasts present in the open-air fermentation room to dictate how each vintage tastes. AtDestileriaLaFortaleza,visitors will find the last tequilero that still painstakingly presses100 percent of its sugary juice from the agave using a giant lava stone, called a “tahona,” instead of modern shredding machines. The historic hacienda was homeofindustrygiantSauza,which the family sold in the 1970s. In the 1990s, Guillermo Erickson Sauza, who represents the fifth generation, revived the old operation using original equipment on land his family still held. Tours are available through the Sauza museum on the main plaza.

Any tourist who looks lost in Tequila’s mainplazawillbeapproached byaguidesellingticketsononeofthe many wacky tourist buses shaped like barrels and bottles. The luckiest tourists arrive with Clayton Szczech of Experience Tequila. He’s a Portland resident who loves the culture and history so muchthathenowguidestequila-curious tourists. The Lonely PlanetrecommendedguideisthefirstgringotoholdtheTTcertificationofthe country’s Tequila Regulatory Council,whichmeansheisasadeptatdiscerning flavors as he is at explaining how it all came to be. He took us to an obscure, one-man operation where the tequilero used a garden hose to fill our liter Coke bottle from hisloneagingbarrel.Andhe’sfriendly with premium distillers such as Casa Noble, which don’t usually open their doors for tours. “True tequila and a tequila culture thrive down here, you’ve just got to know where to look,” said Szczech.

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Agave grows on a hillside. Agave takes from six to 12 years to mature before it is harvested and the spiny leaves removed for baking.

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And the aficionado would never drink anything other than a tequila made from100 percent agave. Anything less, like the popular Jose Cuervo Gold, is a “mixto” that by law only has to contain 51 percent of alcohol distilled from agave. The restcouldbeanyothersugaryplant like the beet, which makes it potentially hangover-inducing. Tequila consumption has increased 45 percent in the U.S. over the past five years. It’s no wonder, then, that the country is waking up to the tourism power of tequila, the drink, and Tequila, the place — the

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sweet. El Tesoro, Don Julio, Don Pilar and the highly regarded 7 Leguas are among those from the region, as well as market leader Patron. Of these, only 7 Leguas and Don Pilar have tours by appointment; the otherscatertoindustryinsiders.However, travel to these slightly more outof-the-way spots is now considered somewhat risky without a guide because of violence from drug traffickers. Even some of the distillery owners stay away. But here in tequila’s primary namesake destination, the safe Valle de Tequila, everyone from the tequilasnobtocollegestudentscan find their place. A favorite stop for both crowds is Don Javier’s cantina La Capilla, home of his 50-year-old invention, the Batanga, a mixture of Coke, tequila, lime juice and salt. Now well into his 90s, Don Javier still spends time behind the bar. The town sits in the shadow of the9,500-footVolcandeTequila,an ancient volcano that gave the region its lava-rich soil. While there

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quila has fueled a tourist boom here in the mountainous state of Jalisco, where tequila was born centuries ago in the town that shares its name. In this once-sleepy village hotels are being remodeled, new bed and breakfastsareopening,andthemain drag is getting a cobblestone makeover. In April a slick new OXXO, Mexico’s version of 7-11, became the first chain store to open in downtown, a concession to the growing number of tequila-loving tourists who lack the adventure or language skills to navigate the quaint marketplaces and lively street food stands that thrive in the shadow of the historic stone cathedral in the city center.Thetownexpectsanevenbigger tourist influx in October, when the Pan American Games will be held in nearby Guadalajara. The popularity of premium tequilas means increasingly varied travel options. Almost all tequilas are from in and around the state of Jalisco. Tequilas from the less touristy “highlands”nearthetownsofArandasand Atontonilco about 65 miles east of Guadalajara are generally light and

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1954 MERCURY MONTEREY WOODY WAGON 100 point restoration. $130,000 invested. 6.0 Vortec engine. 300 miles on restoration. Custom paint by Foose Automotive. Power windows, a/c, and much more! Gorgeous Automobile! $75,000 $71,000 $69,900

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FORD `05 FREESTAR

4 door. All leather. 114,000 miles. Great shape. $2,600. Call 570-819-3140 or 570-709-5677

CADILLAC `04 SEVILLE SLS Beige. Fully loaded

Excellent condition. Runs great. New rotors, new brakes. Just serviced. 108,000 miles. Asking $8,000. (570) 709-8492

CADILLAC ‘06 STS AWD, 6 cylinder, Silver, 52,600 miles, sunroof, heated seats, Bose sound system, 6 CD changer, satellite radio, Onstar, parking assist, remote keyless entry, electronic keyless ignition, & more! $17,000 570-881-2775

CENTRAL CITY MOTORS

3.8L, V8 automatic with overdrive. T-top convertible. Bright purple metallic with dark grey cloth interior. Only 38,200 miles. New battery. Tinted windows. Monsoon premium audio system with DVD player. $6,500 (570) 436-7289

CHEVROLET ‘06 CORVETTE CONVERTIBLE

Silver beauty, 1 Owner, Museum quality. 4,900 miles, 6 speed. All possible options including Navigation, Power top. New, paid $62,000 Must sell $45,900 570-299-9370

CHEVY `04 CAVALIER

319 W. Main St. Plymouth, PA

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570-779-3890 570-829-5596

CHEVROLET `00 CORVETTE

V-8. 5.7 liter. 345 Horse Power. Automatic. 56,000 miles. Pewter metallic. Hatch Back. Glass top. Air conditioning. Leather interior. Power seat, locks & windows. Bose AM/FM stereo. Cassette/CD Player. Very good to excellent condition. $19,700 SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY

(570) 696-0424

CHEVROLET `03 IMPALA 97,000 miles, $3,300. 570-592-4522 570-592-4994

CHEVROLET `05 TAHOE Z71 Silver birch with

grey leather interior, 3rd row seating, rear A/C & heat, 4WD automatic with traction control, 5.3l engine, moonroof, rear DVD player. Bose stereo + many more options. Immaculate condition. 76,000 adult driven miles. $15,600. Call (570) 378-2886 & ask for Joanne

drive, 350 engine with aluminum heads. LT-1 exhaust system. White with red pearls. Custom flames in flake. New tires & hubs. 1 owner. 61,000 original miles. $8,500 (570) 359-3296 Ask for Les

CHEVROLET `88 MONTE CARLO SS V8, automatic,

51,267 miles, MUST SELL $5,500 (570) 760-0511

CHEVROLET `95 GEO TRACKER

Convertible, 4 wheel drive, 4 cylinder, auto, new tires, brakes, inspection. $1650. 570-299-0772

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HONDA `07 CIVIC

LIMITED EDITION

Low mileage, fully loaded, $10,999. negotiable. 570-283-1691

EX. 34k miles. excellent condition, sunroof, alloys, a/c, cd, 1 owner, garage kept. $13,000. Call 570-760-0612

FORD `07 MUSTANG 63,000 highway

Boat? Car? Truck? Motorcycle? Airplane? Whatever it is, sell it with a Classified ad. 570-829-7130

To place your ad Call Toll Free 1-800-427-8649

VITO’S & GINO’S

miles, silver, runs great, $11,500. negotiable. 570-479-2482

FORD `87 F150

Wanted: Junk Cars & Trucks

116k, rebuilt transmission, new radiator. Runs great. $1,250. Call 570-864-2339

FORD `90 MUSTANG GT

Must See. Sharp! Black, new directional tires, excellent inside / outside, factory stock, very clean, must see to appreciate. $7,800 or best offer. Must sell. 570-269-0042 Leave Message

Highest Prices Paid!!

FREE PICKUP

288-8995

HYUNDAI `04 TIBURON GT

FORD ‘02 MUSTANG Sedan. 4 cylinder auto. Green. 128k miles. A/C, cruise, power locks, ABS. $4,499 or best offer. Call 570-704-8685

GT CONVERTIBLE

Blue, 5 speed manual, CD, Air, factory alarm, power windows & locks. 38K. $7,500 negotiable. Call 570-540-6236

Red with black top. 6,500 miles. One Owner. Excellent Condition. $18,500 570-760-5833

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CHEVY `05 EQUINOX

LT (premium package), 3.4L, 47,000 miles. All wheel drive, power moonroof, windows, locks & seats. Leather interior, 6 cd changer, rear folding seats, keyless entry, onstar, roof rack, running boards, garage kept. $13,750. 570-362-1910